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                 Tokyo Voters Choosing New Leadership for City

   by VOA News

   Voters in Japan's capital are going to the polls Sunday to pick a new
   leader for the scandal-plagued city as it prepares to host the 2020
   Olympics Games.
   A record 21 candidates are running to become the governor of Tokyo.
   The office became vacant when the last governor resigned because of a
   financial scandal.
   The leading candidates are former defense minister Yuriko Koike, former
   internal affairs minister Hiroya Masuda and journalist Shuntaro
   Torigoe.

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   Koike and Masuda are both from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   Masuda is the LDP's official candidate, but Koike decided to run
   anyway.
   Koike would be Tokyo's first female governor, if she wins.

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