Tag: #YurikoKoike
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Tokyo to vote for governor three weeks before Olympics
Tokyo, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): Tokyo will hold an election to pick a governor on July 5, 2020, less than three weeks before the Japanese capital hosts the Olympic Games, the city said Wednesday. Incumbent Yuriko Koike, 67, has not officially announced her candidacy but is widely expected to run. Her term is set to expire…
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Olympic marathon to be moved after Tokyo’s relcutant support
Tokyo, Nov 1 (AFP/APP): The 2020 Olympic marathon and race-walking will be moved to northern Japan over heat concerns, officials said Friday, after Tokyo’s governor offered her reluctant support. The International Olympic Committee’s plan had caught Tokyo and 2020 organisers by surprise, with Governor Yuriko Koike repeatedly expressing her opposition. But on Friday, she said…