Tokyo poised to elect first female governor - exit polls | Tokyo

Tokyo appears poised to welcome its first ever female governor. Exit polls project Japan's former Defence Minister Yuriko Koike has beaten off twenty other candidates vying for the position. "I am pushing for a Tokyo where people's lives will be better, and everyone can shine, men and women, children and adults, the elderly and the disabled," she told supporters. The two previous governors resigned amid separate funding scandals. If the result is confirmed Koike, who ran on an independent pl… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/31/tokyo-poised-to-elect-first-female-governor-exit-polls What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronews euronews is available in 13 languages: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels In English: Website: http://www.euronews.com/news Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/euronews Twitter: http://twitter.com/euronews Google+: http://google.com/+euronews VKontakte: http://vk.com/en.euronews