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Tokyo’s first woman governor gets down to work

CCTV — The first female governor of Tokyo has started her new job at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office on Tuesday (August 2), after her election victory at the weekend. Yuriko Koike was welcomed by hundreds of staff and Tokyo residents with warm applause and flowers adorned with green ribbon, her election campaign colour. The sprawling city of some 13.5 million people faces a plethora of problems such as an ageing population, daycare shortages, and […]