Tokyo Gov Koike reelected, beating opposition Renho, rising ex-mayor

Not much to say Personally but if Satan came back in female form I know what he would look like

I guess Ishimaru will use this as a spring board to national politics, although I wonder where he will end up next. I still find it strange that a complete outsider with nothing to do with Tokyo can come in and get so many votes. Koike has another 4 years, and I hope they will be her last. The big loser was Renho, I thought the race would be much tighter, and I don't know where she goes from here. Maybe back to national politics, but she is now kind of wounded.

Some candidates in Tokyo's gubernatorial race were criticized for making a mockery of the electoral process by posting sexually explicit posters or covering large parts of official campaigning boards with their materials, with some groups obstructing the election campaigns of others.

This should be an issue that gets dealt with by all sides.

Incumbent was reelected in Sunday's gubernatorial election with the effective backing of the ruling part

In order to solve many challenges that Japan currently face, Japan need to change. Unlike UK or even France, so far nothing has been changed in Japan. Still believe anything will be changed in Japan anytime soon?

Voter turnout in Sunday's gubernatorial election was 60.62 percent, up from 55.00 percent in the 2020 race, the Tokyo metropolitan election management committee said.

60.62%? In other news, they said only 34.12% which make sense 60% is too high for Japanese.

Most Japanese people, just don't vote.

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/election/20240707-197252/

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240707/k10014503681000.html

Some candidates in Tokyo's gubernatorial race were criticized for making a mockery of the electoral process by posting sexually explicit posters or covering large parts of official campaigning boards with their materials,

These are the real winners and accurate expression of the popular tide.

Japanese elections, and American ones for that matter, are not a reflection of the popular will and have been gerrymandered, propagandized and monopolized out of all democratic form.

Koike, with her massive failures on COVID and the Olympics is a good representative of LDP failing forward.

60.62%? In other news, they said only 34.12% which make sense 60% is too high for Japanese.

The story sounds like it is correct. NHK is saying the same. Koike got nearly 3 million votes. 60% is slightly higher than the UK general election this week, so well done people of Tokyo for participating.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240707/k10014502181000.html

@falseflagsteve What a horrible and derogatory comment about Governor Koike regardless of your politics.

guess Ishimaru will use this as a spring board to national politics, although I wonder where he will end up next. I still find it strange that a complete outsider with nothing to do with Tokyo can come in and get so many votes.

Actually this is a trend of late throughout Japan. In both the city I live in and town I work in, the mayor comes from a different part of Japan presumably to use their position as a springboard. The past mayors went on to the prefectural government. Both mayors are in their mid-30s with their campaign focused on helping young families.

More of the same uselessness then.

The same old same old.

Turns out that, despite the media billing this as a "contest between women," Renho wasn't much of a challenger.

She didn't even runner-up to Koike; a man did.

The media's ideological "spin" on things is funny to watch sometimes. Truly amusing.

She didn't even runner-up to Koike; a man did.

*She didn't even finish runner-up

(JT, it would be nice if you allowed people to edit their comments.)

The voting system in Tokyo promotes "stability." In reality, the majority of the population either doesn't care or wants Koike out. However, these votes are spread across dozens of alternatives. If there were a second poll with the top two winners from the first voting, Koike's chances would be slim.

In many respects J economy has been running on empty since 2023, Japan’s GDP was surpassed by that of Germany. dropping to the world’s fourth-largest economy.

Many economists’ point to GDP being an after effect, influenced by exchange rates.

Japanese yen has depreciated against the U.S. dollar by close to 30% since 2014, it would follow GDP calculation would shrink accordingly

However, the underlying data and numbers are far worst, for some time now J GDP only rose around 10 percent, while German GDP has doubled.

This points to labour productivity, Japan is now 30th in the 38 OECD countries from numbers, beginning 2023, lowest of G-7 countries.

Japan’s productivity is 60 percent of Germany’s, number two United States.

A reason why Germany’s GDP caught up and pasted Japan whilst having a population only two-thirds of Japan’s.

Tokyo Gov Koike re-election is a taste of what’s to come, a political economic ground hod day.

Tokyo Gov Koike time and again promises and pledges have amounted to nothing zero, and there is no reason to believe this 3nd term will amount to anything different.

The appalling waste taxpayers money on an Olympic games, the continuing lack of childcare provision, Koike promises for enhancing woman role within her government.

The continuing depopulation.

On the policy front, Koike has touted assistance measures for raising children, such as cash handout programs, as one of her achievements during her eight years in office. Critics, however, argue that she has not fulfilled most of her pledges from previous races.

In the latest election, Koike promised to concentrate primarily on supporting families and child-rearing, while Renho committed to enhancing policies to benefit those in the younger generation who wish to have children.

Tokyo Gov Koike has had eight years plus to implement polices for supporting families , and achieved nothing

signaling that voters have positively evaluated her policies centered on quality of life and political competence over the past eight years.

That's quite the spin. I think is has more to do with Renho and Ishimaru splitting the protest vote.

60.62%? In other news, they said only 34.12% which make sense 60% is too high for Japanese.

The news you read is here:

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/election/20240707-197252/

Where it says that was as of 6pm, when the polls were still open.

Excellent, congratulations Lady Koike !!..

A win for Tokyo..

Not much to say Personally but if Satan came back in female form I know what he would look like

https://giphy.com/gifs/LOWLIVES-i-dont-like-you-idontlikeyou-lowlives-Wiy6mt9DiYJe3r1YnZ

LOOOOOOL

Shouldn't be much of a concern to anyone not living in Tokyo.

Too bad Renho drained votes away from Ishimaru,

@wallace

In an ideal world not, but being head of the capital, largest metropolis or any other significant constituency has nationwide repercussions (e.g. Boris Johnson). She might want to take it further and become the first female PM, skillfully hiding behind her gender and drawing attention away from her regressive actions. This would be much less likely if she were the mayor of, say, Hamamatsu.

Yotomaya

@wallace

In an ideal world not, but being head of the capital, largest metropolis or any other significant constituency has nationwide repercussions (e.g. Boris Johnson). She might want to take it further and become the first female PM, skillfully hiding behind her gender and drawing attention away from her regressive actions. This would be much less likely if she were the mayor of, say, Hamamatsu.

Since I don't have any vote anywhere there is nothing I change about it. My Japanese partner has never voted for the LDP in her life.

@wallace

Same here. We choose candidates together with my partner. And it's quite easy as you're usually left with very few choices once you've ruled out all unhinged nationalists and xenophobes.

The system is made in a way in a way the LDP will win no matter what (Koike isn't a member anymore but her activities and affiliations suggest she might as well still be). And non-Japanese citizens won't get the right to vote as long as they're in power.

There goes the baseball stadium.

Yotomaya

The Komeito Party tried to introduce a bill enabling foreign residents to vote in the city and local elections.

The big loser was Renho……..

Her nationality drama a few years ago surely didn’t help. Even though she’s supposed to have renounced her Taiwanese passport, in the public mind she’s forever tainted by the perception that she has divided allegiances. It matters not one jot that both Koike and Ishimaru are ‘out of towners’; they’re qualified and she’s not in the way that really counts.

‘Out with the Old! In with the….oh #%$* it, it’s too hot.’

@wallace

I didn't know about this specific proposal but I know it's being brought up (and, in some municipalities, enacted). However, never by the LDP as their hard-line supporters would definitely not approve.