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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Koike (R), former upper house lawmaker of the Japanese Communist Party, 50, waves to his supporters, with JCP chief Kazuo Shii standing next to him, in Tokyo on March 24, 2011, as Koike kicked off campaigning for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Koike is among several high-profile candidates challenging 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa announces his candidacy for the April 10 Tokyo gubernatorial election at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on March 1, 2011. Businessman Miki Watanabe, who founded restaurant chain operator Watami Co., and former upper house lawmaker Akira Koike of the Japanese Communist Party, have already announced they will run in the closely watched race for the reins of the Japanese capital. Political sources said incumbent Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara will not seek a fourth four-year term.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Koike (R), former upper house lawmaker of the Japanese Communist Party, 50, waves to his supporters, with JCP chief Kazuo Shii standing next to him, in Tokyo on March 24, 2011, as Koike kicked off campaigning for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Koike is among several high-profile candidates challenging 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - CORRECTING BY REPLACING WORD IN 2ND SENTENCE Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa announces his candidacy for the April 10 Tokyo gubernatorial election at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on March 1, 2011. Businessman Miki Watanabe, who founded restaurant chain operator Watami Co., and former upper house lawmaker Akira Koike of the Japanese Communist Party, have already announced they will run in the closely watched race for the reins of the Japanese capital. Political sources said incumbent Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara will not seek a fourth four-year term. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa announces his candidacy for the April 10 Tokyo gubernatorial election at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on March 1, 2011. Businessman Miki Watanabe, who founded restraint chain operator Watami Co., and former upper house lawmaker Akira Koike of the Japanese Communist Party, have already announced they will run in the closely watched race for the reins of the Japanese capital. Political sources said incumbent Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara will not seek a fourth four-year term. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Kenji Utsunomiya (R), a former head of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, bumps fists with Akira Koike, secretariat head of the Japanese Communist Party, in Tokyo on July 5, 2020, after his rival and incumbent Yuriko Koike was assured of winning a second term in the election.

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Japanese Communist Party convention

Akira Koike, the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat head, speaks at the party's 28th convention in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 18, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan upper house election

Akira Koike, secretariat head of the Japanese Communist Party, is interviewed by a radio reporter at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 21, 2019, following the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Meeting of 5 Japan opposition party leaders

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii (L) and Akira Koike, head of the party's Secretariat, prepare to meet with the leaders of four other opposition parties at parliament in Tokyo on May 29, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe in parliament

Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe (L) answers a question from Akira Koike of the Japanese Communist Party at a session of the House of Councillors' budget committee in Tokyo on March 28, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-nuclear candidate wins Niigata governor race

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii (L) and Akira Koike, head of the party's Secretariat, hold a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2016, after Ryuichi Yoneyama, a candidate backed by the JCP and two other anti-nuclear opposition parties, won the gubernatorial election in Niigata Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan opposition parties agree on unified by-election candidates

Denny Tamaki (L), Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from L) and Seiji Mataichi (R), secretaries general of the People's Life Party, Democratic Party and Social Democratic Party, respectively, and Akira Koike, head of the Japanese Communist Party's Secretariat, meet in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2016. The four opposition parties agreed to field unified candidates, from the Democratic Party, for House of Representatives by-elections in Tokyo and Fukuoka on Oct. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo