Tokyo Gubernatorial Election Begins
Mr. Tamogami makes a passionate first speech
January 23, 2014, Tokyo, Japan - Toshio Tamogami waves to his supporters from atop a van as the 65-year-old former former chief of staff of the Air Self-Defense Force launches his campaign for the February 9 gubernatorial election in Tokyo's Shinjuku on Thursday, January 23, 2014. Backed up by Shintaro Ishihara, center, who was governor of Tokyo for 13 years until quitting for national politics in 2012, the former four-star general is one of the four major candidates vying for the office of a megalopolis with 13 million people and nearly 13 trillion yen annual budget. At right is Dewi Sukarno, former Japanese wife of the late Indonesian President Sukarno. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-