Former Japanese defense minister Yuriko Koike answers questions during a press conference in Tokyo on Monday. Newly-elected Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike credited her landslide victory to having stood up to the powers that be in Japan’s ruling party who didn’t want her to run. AFP PHOTO
TOKYO: Veteran politician Yuriko Koike was elected on Sunday as Tokyo’s first woman governor, partial results showed, and immediately vowed to get a grip on the megacity’s troubled 2020 Olympic preparations.