Tokyo Elects First Woman Governor

Voters in Tokyo, Japan Sunday elected the city's first woman governor who promised a new era of clean politics after two predecessors quit over money scandals that have hindered the city's preparations to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games. "I am pushing for a Tokyo where people's lives will be better, and everyone can shine, men and women, children and adults, the elderly and the disabled," Yuriko Koike said after media exit polls declared her the winner. Koike,...

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