(1959-10-05) October 5, 1959 (age 64) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Miki WatanabeGCM (渡邉 美樹, Watanabe Miki, born October 5, 1959) is a Japanese entrepreneur and politician. He founded the Watami chain of izakaya restaurants and headed the company until 2011, when he resigned to run in the 2011 Tokyo gubernatorial election. Watanabe's run for the governorship of Tokyo was inspired by Michael Bloomberg's mayorship of New York City.[1] Watanabe came in third with 16.8%, losing to incumbent governor Shintaro Ishihara.
^Koh, Yoree (7 March 2011). "Miki Watanabe, Tokyo's Mayor Bloomberg?". The Wall Street Journal. eISSN 1042-9840. ISSN 0099-9660. OCLC 781541372. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2014. The founder of Watami Inc., operator of a chain of 'izakayas,' or casual pubs, Mr. Watanabe is running in the Tokyo gubernatorial election April 10, attempting to make the jump from business manager to big-time politician. That might be a rare move in Japan, but it echoes the likes of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, the former head of Hyundai Construction, and the comparison is not lost on the slick 51-year-old businessman.
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