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.

Sep 18, 2024 · Policy Speech by the Governor of Tokyo, Koike Yuriko, at the Fourth Regular Session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, 2024. December 3, 2024

Jul 7, 2024 · Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has won a third consecutive term in Sunday's gubernatorial election, securing her position for the next four years. Ms Koike received more than 2.9...

TOKYO (AP) — Eight years ago, Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor. She won her third term as governor Sunday, and one of her closest rivals was a woman.

Yuriko Koike. Governor of Tokyo Profile of the Governor; Born: July 15, 1952, in Hyogo Prefecture: Education: BA in Sociology, Cairo University (October 1976) Career: July 2016: Elected Governor of Tokyo: October 2011: Director, Committee on Budget, House of Representatives: September 2010:

Yuriko Koike (born 15 July 1952) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Tokyo. [1] She was born and raised in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. She dropped out of University in Japan, who moved to the Middle East and studied Arabic. She graduated from Cairo University in Egypt, and she began to work an interpreter and translator of Arabic.

Jul 7, 2024 · Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike declared her reelection victory Sunday as soon as media exit polls projected her winning a third four-year term as head of Japan's influential capital.

First elected to parliament in 1992, Koike rose to prominence by serving as Japan’s environment minister from 2003 to 2006. In 2007, she became the country’s first-ever female defense minister. A year later, she became the first woman to run for …

Koike is the first woman to be elected as Tokyo's governor. In July 2020, she captured 60% of the vote to win reelection in a landslide. She was propelled to victory by her good...

Mar 29, 2024 · Yuriko Koike, governor of Tokyo since 2016 and one of Japan’s leading female politicians, managed to find time out from her busy official duties recently for an interview in the iconic Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.