Gloves off as Japan election campaign starts
by Hiroshi Hiyama Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo's popular governor Yuriko Koike launched a bitter attack on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…
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Japan’s Koike says her party offers centrist choice to voters
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Sunday (October 8) her new party aims to offer voters…
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Japan’s Koike pins hopes on tax, nuclear to unseat Abe
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The popular governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, Friday unveiled her policy platform to unseat Prime Minister…
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Poll shows Tokyo governor Koike’s party threat to Abe
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's lead in next month's election has shrunk as the popular Tokyo governor…
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Olympic flag arrives in Tokyo for 2020 Games
by Quentin TYBERGHIEN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The Olympic flag arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday as Japan's capital gears up…
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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…
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New Tokyo governor says defying party secured win
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo's new governor Yuriko Koike on Monday credited her landslide victory to having stood up to…
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