Question: Recently Former Defence Minister Yuriko Koike has been elected as the governor of which of the following Province of Japan?
(a) Osaka
(b) Yakohama
(c) Tokyo
(d) Hiroshima
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 31 July 2016 former Defence Minister Yuriko Koike has been elected as the governor of Tokyo become the first woman to lead Japan’s capital.
- Koike, running as an independent candidate, received more than 2.9 million votes.
- One of her key challenges will be curbing the financial problems plaguing Tokyo’s preparations to host the 2020 Olympic Games.
- Koike is a member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), but it did not endorse her so she ran as an independent.
- Her main rivals were former internal affairs minister Hiroya Masuda and veteran journalist Shuntaro Torigoe.
Reference:
http://www.yuriko.or.jp/english/profile/personal-history/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/01/national/politics-diplomacy/tokyo-elects-former-environment-minister-yuriko-koike-as-citys-first-female-governor/#.V6KLZfl97IV
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/31/tokyo-elects-first-female-governor
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36935083