Shintaro Ishihara Elected for Third Term as Tokyo Governor
Jiji and Kyodo are now both predicting that Shintaro Ishihara has defeated challenger Shiro Asano and will be elected to a third term as Governor of Tokyo. Kyodo’s ongoing coverage describes the elections:
LDP-affiliated candidates are on course to capture three of the five prefectures [with gubernatorial elections], including Tokyo, seeing off rival candidates associated with the DPJ. DPJ-linked candidates are winning in the remaining two.
In Tokyo, voter turnout was estimated to be 40.85 percent as of 6 p.m., up from 36.15 percent at the same time in the previous election four years ago, according to the Tokyo metropolitan election management committee.
An Ishihara victory was predicted in TPR’s recent Seijigiri #21.
Mr Ishihara speaking outside the East Exit of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station on March 28:
Also, thanks to Japan Probe for alerting us to the existence of a second video featuring candidate Toyama Kouichi (after the ‘read more’ link):
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- Seijigiri #17 - February 9, 2007 - Ministerial misspeak leads to the birthrate leads to 外人犯罪裏ファイル leads to some intemperance
- The Road to Seijigiri #6
