The former defence minister Yuriko Koike has just become the first female Tokyo Governor in history

Tokyo elects first female city governor

Tokyo elected the country’s former defence minister, Yuriko Koike, as its first female governor on Sunday, media exit polls show. “I will lead Tokyo politics in an unprecedented manner, a Tokyo you have never seen,” Koike, 64, told cheering supporters in a hoarse voice after two weeks of campaigning. Koike will be dealing with Tokyo’s troubled…

Breaking: Tokyo elects first female governor

July 31, 2016. Ms Koike is a former TV journalist and was Japan’s defence minister Former Japanese defence minister Yuriko Koike has been elected as the Japanese capital’s first woman governor, exit polls project. Public broadcaster NHK and other media forecast Ms Koike as the winner after polls closed at 20:00 (11:00 GMT). If confirmed, one…