Koike wins but voters may be hungry for changeopen.substack.com Notes from Election Sunday in Tokyo
Tobias Harris
Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner.
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Koike wins but voters may be hungry for changeopen.substack.com Notes from Election Sunday in Tokyo
都知事選 小池氏が当選確実 石丸氏 蓮舫氏ら引き離す 出口調査 | NHKwww3.nhk.or.jp 【NHK】過去最多の56人が立候補した東京都知事選挙は、現職の小池百合子氏(71)の3回目の当選が確実になりました。
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