Tokyo governor race kicks off with birth rate pledges by candidates

TOKYO, June 20 — Campaigning began in Tokyo’s gubernatorial election today, with veteran incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho — two prominent women in...

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Koike, 71, is seeking her third term as governor of the megacity of 14 million people in the July 7 vote. She is an experienced politician who has positioned herself as a liberal voice against the long-ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party .Koike is not an LDP member — both are running as independent candidates — but the party is broadly, if unofficially, supporting her candidacy.

The average number of children a woman is expected to have in Japan hit a record low of 1.20 last year, and Tokyo’s figure was 0.99 — the first rate below one for any Japanese region. Renho has also pledged to build on Koike’s policies to ease the burden on parents, as well as wider measures to help young people and address labour inequality.

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