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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets reporters at the metropolitan government headquarters in the Japanese capital on June 23, 2025, after Tomin First no Kai, the regional party she established, won 32 seats in the 127-member metropolitan assembly, the most in the previous day's Tokyo assembly election.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters at the metropolitan government headquarters in the Japanese capital on June 23, 2025, after Tomin First no Kai, the regional party she established, won 32 seats in the 127-member metropolitan assembly, the most in the previous day's Tokyo assembly election.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters at the metropolitan government headquarters in the Japanese capital on June 23, 2025, after Tomin First no Kai, the regional party she established, won 32 seats in the 127-member metropolitan assembly, the most in the previous day's Tokyo assembly election.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly vote

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks in a stump speech to support a candidate belonging to Tomin First no Kai, or Tokyoites First party, running in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, in Tokyo on June 13, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the poll.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly vote

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks in a stump speech to support a candidate belonging to Tomin First no Kai, or Tokyoites First party, running in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, in Tokyo on June 13, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the poll.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters at Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters in Tokyo on April 24, 2023. Tomin First no Kai, a regional party founded by the governor, almost doubled its seats in local elections the previous day.

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Official campaigning kicks off for Tokyo assembly race

TOKYO, Japan, June 23 Kyodo - Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike joins official campaigning on June 23, 2017, for the July 2 metropolitan assembly election to support a candidate of a regional political party she leads called Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party).

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Tokyo Tomin, Yachiyo banks

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Kakizaki (L), president of Tokyo Tomin Bank, shakes hands with Isao Sakai, president of Yachiyo Bank, in Tokyo on May 2, 2014. The two banks, which plan to merge, said the same day that Kakizaki has been appointed president and Sakai chairman of their new holding company, Tokyo TY Financial Group Inc., which will be established Oct. 1.

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Tokyo assembly election

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike shows up in support of a candidate representing Tomin First no Kai, a regional party founded by the governor, in Chofu, western Tokyo, on July 3, 2021, a day before the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Tokyo assembly election

Combined photo shows Ichiro Kamoshita (L), who heads the Federation of Tokyo Metropolitan Liberal Democratic Party Branches, and Chiharu Araki, head of Tomin First no Kai, a regional party founded by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, speaking in Tokyo on July 4, 2021, as the vote counting goes on for the day's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Tokyo metropolitan assembly election

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike shows up in support of a candidate representing Tomin First no Kai, a regional party founded by the governor, in Chofu, western Tokyo, on July 3, 2021, a day before the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Tokyo metropolitan assembly election

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike shows up in support of a candidate representing Tomin First no Kai, a regional party founded by the governor, in Chofu, western Tokyo, on July 3, 2021, a day before the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Tokyo metropolitan assembly election

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike shows up in support of a candidate representing Tomin First no Kai, a regional party founded by the governor, in Chofu, western Tokyo, on July 3, 2021, a day before the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Tokyo assembly election

Chiharu Araki, head of Tomin First no Kai, a regional party founded by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, leaves after speaking at a post-election press conference in Tokyo in the early hours of July 5, 2021, with posters featuring Koike for the July 4 Tokyo metropolitan assembly election seen in the background.

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Tokyo metropolitan assembly election

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike shows up in support of a candidate representing Tomin First no Kai, a regional party founded by the governor, in Chofu, western Tokyo, on July 3, 2021, a day before the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Tokyo metropolitan assembly election

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike shows up in support of a candidate representing Tomin First no Kai, a regional party founded by the governor, in Chofu, western Tokyo, on July 3, 2021, a day before the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Official campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly election

Chiharu Araki, head of Tomin First no Kai, or Tokyoites First party, makes a speech in Tokyo on June 25, 2021, the first day of official campaigning for the July 4 Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Nick Archer, Julius Tomin, Marek Tomin, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer (right) unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin (centre, accompanied by Marek Tomin) assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Nick Archer, Julius Tomin, Marek Tomin, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer (right) unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin (centre, accompanied by Marek Tomin) assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Nick Archer, Alexandr Vondra

British Ambassador Nick Archer (on the photo left speaking with MEP Alexandr Vondra) unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Julius Tomin, Vaclav Hampl

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin (on the photo left discuss with senator Vaclav Hampl) assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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Julius Tomin

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin (photo) assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Nick Archer, Julius Tomin, Marek Tomin, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer (right) unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin (centre, accompanied by Marek Tomin) assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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Dana Nemcova, Alexandr Vondra, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents (on the photo Dana Nemcova, centre, speaks with Alexandr Vondra, left) who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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Nick Archer, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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Nick Archer, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer (centre) unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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Nick Archer, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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Nick Archer, Julius Tomin, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer (right) unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin (left) assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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Nick Archer, Julius Tomin, Marek Tomin, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer (right) unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin (centre, accompanied by Marek Tomin) assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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Nick Archer, Julius Tomin, Marek Tomin, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer (second from right) unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin (centre, accompanied by Marek Tomin) assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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Nick Archer, Julius Tomin, Marek Tomin, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer (right) unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin (centre, accompanied by Marek Tomin) assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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Nick Archer, a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Petr Mlch)

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a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars

British Ambassador Nick Archer unveiled a plaque in memory of the Czech-British cooperation in secret home seminars called underground university during the communist regime in Czechoslovakia on a house in Prague-Letna today, on Thursday, November 14, 2019. British academics and Czech dissidents who participated in this activity, which enabled banned teachers to give lectures, also attend the ceremony. The underground university based on secret home seminars was launched by philosopher Jan Patocka, the first spokesman for the Charter 77 human rights manifesto and movement, when he was fired from Charles University in Prague. After his death as a consequence of communist police interrogations, Julius Tomin assumed the initiative. At the end of 1978, he sent a request for aid and cooperation to Oxford University. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Gov. Koike joins workshop of new assembly members

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike addresses a workshop on July 5, 2017, for those who won metropolitan assembly seats from her Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp sweeps Tokyo assembly race, beats Abe's LDP

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets with reporters in Tokyo on July 3, 2017, a day after her new party Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) and allies scored a sweeping victory in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, securing an overall majority and dealing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party its worst defeat ever in a Tokyo municipal election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp sweeps Tokyo assembly race, beats Abe's LDP

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets with reporters in Tokyo on July 3, 2017, a day after her new party Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) and allies scored a sweeping victory in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, securing an overall majority and dealing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party its worst defeat ever in a Tokyo municipal election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp sweeps Tokyo assembly race, beats Abe's LDP

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets with reporters in Tokyo on July 3, 2017, a day after her new party Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) and allies scored a sweeping victory in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, securing an overall majority and dealing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party its worst defeat ever in a Tokyo municipal election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp sweeps Tokyo assembly race, beats Abe's LDP

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets with reporters in Tokyo on July 3, 2017, a day after her new party Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) and allies scored a sweeping victory in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, securing an overall majority and dealing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party its worst defeat ever in a Tokyo municipal election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp sweeps Tokyo assembly race, beats Abe's LDP

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets with reporters in Tokyo on July 3, 2017, a day after her new party Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) and allies scored a sweeping victory in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, securing an overall majority and dealing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party its worst defeat ever in a Tokyo municipal election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp sweeps Tokyo assembly race, beats Abe's LDP

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets with reporters in Tokyo on July 3, 2017, a day after her new party Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) and allies scored a sweeping victory in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, securing an overall majority and dealing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party its worst defeat ever in a Tokyo municipal election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp sweeps Tokyo assembly race, beats Abe's LDP

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike smiles during an interview with TV networks on July 2, 2017, as her new party, Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party), and allies scored a sweeping victory in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, securing an overall majority and dealing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party its worst defeat ever in an election in the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp set to win majority in Tokyo assembly

Election staff count votes cast in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election on July 2, 2017. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) and forces close to her were set to secure an overall majority in the assembly, Kyodo News projections showed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp set to win majority in Tokyo assembly

Election staff count votes cast in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election on July 2, 2017. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) and forces close to her were set to secure an overall majority in the assembly, Kyodo News projections showed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp set to win majority in Tokyo assembly

Election staff count votes cast in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election on July 2, 2017. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) and forces close to her were set to secure an overall majority in the assembly, Kyodo News projections showed. (Kyodo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike camp set to win majority in Tokyo assembly

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is all smiles at the election results center of her Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) in Tokyo on July 2, 2017. The new party and forces close to Koike were set to secure an overall majority in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in that day's election, Kyodo News projections showed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo