Tokyo gets its first female Governor

Q.  Who has been elected as Tokyo’s governor on 31July 2016?
- Published on 01 Aug 16

a. Yuriko Koike
b. Hiroya Masuda
c. Shuntaro Torigoe
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Yuriko Koike
 
Tokyo voters elected their first woman governor in Yuriko Koike the first female defence minister of Japan.
  • She beat Hiroya Masdua and Shunter Torigoe according to an exit poll by public broadcaster NHK.
  • The NHK exit poll showed Masuda was in second place, with Torigoe, a 76-year-old cancer survivor who was backed by several opposition parties, trailed both.

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