Tokyo Gubernatorial Election 2016
Koike becomes first female governor of Tokyo
July 31, 2016, Tokyo, Japan - Japan's former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike in beige-colored arrives at a fully-packed election headquarters in her own precinct in Tokyo's Ikebukuro on Sunday, July 31, 2016, following her victory in the gubernatorial election. , a 64-year-old former newscaster-turned-politician, becomes the first female governor of the nation's capital, defeating two major (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-