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Yuriko Koike | |
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小池 百合子 | |
 Official portrait, c. 2017 | |
| Governor of Tokyo | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2016 | |
| Deputy | Mitsuchika Tarao Hiroshi Kajihara Kei Takechi Manabu Miyasaka |
| Preceded by | Yōichi Masuzoe |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 4 July 2007 – 27 August 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Fumio Kyūma |
| Succeeded by | Masahiko Kōmura |
| Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs | |
| In office 27 September 2004 – 26 September 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichirō Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Toshimitsu Motegi |
| Succeeded by | Sanae Takaichi |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 22 September 2003 – 26 September 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichirō Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Shunichi Suzuki |
| Succeeded by | Masatoshi Wakabayashi |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 19 July 1993 – 14 July 2016 | |
| Constituency | Hyōgo 2nd district (1993–1996) Hyōgo 6th district (1996–2003) Kinki (2003–2005) Tokyo 10th district (2005–2009) Tokyo (2009–2012) Tokyo 10th district (2012–2016) |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 1992 – 4 July 1993 | |
| Constituency | Proportional district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1952 Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Political party | Independent (2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | JNP (1992–1994) NFP (1994–1997) LP (1997–2000) NCP (2000–2003) LDP (2003–2017) TFnK (2017) PoH (2017–2018) |
| Alma mater | Kwansei Gakuin University American University in Cairo Cairo University |
| Website | Official website |
Yuriko Koike (小池 百合子, Koike Yuriko, born 15 July 1952) is a Japanese politician, who has served as the Governor of Tokyo since 2016. She graduated from Cairo University in 1976 and was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 1993 until 2016, when she resigned to run for Governor of Tokyo. She also previously served as Minister of the Environment in the Junichiro Koizumi cabinet from 2003 to 2006 and briefly as Minister of Defense in the first cabinet of Shinzō Abe in 2007.[1] Koike was elected Governor of Tokyo in 2016, becoming the metropolis's first female Governor.[2] Koike was re-elected Governor in 2020, winning 59.7% of the vote.[3]
Considered one of the most high-profile and well-known Japanese politicians,[4] Koike has been frequently mentioned as holding Prime Ministerial ambitions.[5] She ran in the 2008 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, becoming the first woman to run for the leadership of a major Japanese political party, however she came in third place losing to Tarō Asō. In 2017 she left the LDP amid much media attention and launched two parties: the national party Kibō no Tō and the regional party Tomin First no Kai. Kibō no Tō contested the 2017 general election with Koike as leader, however the party underperformed expectations and mostly disappeared after merging with the Democratic Party for the People in 2018. The same year Koike stepped down as leader of Tomin First and officially became independent, however she has still endorsed and campaigned for Tomin First candidates in Tokyo and the party still makes frequent use of her image and policies.
Koike has come under some scrutiny from Japanese liberals and Koreans in both Japan and the Koreas for her refusal to acknowledge the occurrence of 1923 Kantō Massacre, which mainly targeted ethnic Koreans, as well as her association with groups that are often labeled anti-Korean.[6]
- ^ Koike decides to leave post, cites responsibility over information leak Archived 11 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, JapanNewsReview.com; accessed 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Yuriko Koike Elected Governor of Tokyo, First Woman in Post". The Wall Street Journal. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ 開票速報｜2020都知事選（東京都知事選挙）. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Yuriko Koike Elected Governor of Tokyo, First Woman in Post". The Wall Street Journal. 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Tokyo Governor Koike: no intention at all to return to national politics". Reuters. 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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