This are big news. The CDPJ will support Utsunomiya Kenji for Governor of Tokyo this July against Yuriko Koike.
Kenji, a former head of Japan's Bar association, already run for Governor in 2012 & 2014 supported by the Communist Party. #宇都宮健児
Kenji, a former head of Japan's Bar association, already run for Governor in 2012 & 2014 supported by the Communist Party. #宇都宮健児
Not surprising but: Tamaki Yūichirou, the leader of the DPFP, has confirmed that his party will not endorse Utsunomiya Kenji. The ghost of the failed Party of Hope experiment, to which Koike and the DPFP belonged in 2017 still haunts the Opposition. this.kiji.is/64080088590110…
Besides Yuriko Koike and Utsunomiya Kenji, there is a third candidate, by the way: born in Meguro-Ku, Ono Taisuke 【小野泰輔】, the ViceGovernor of Kumamoto since 2012, has decided to run.
It may not be his intention, but this is close to a subtweet of the DPFP: "Utsunomiya Kenji will receive the support of the CDPJ, the JCP, SDPJ and even very small parties like the Green Party or the New Socialist Party「新社会党」We've arrived here"...
Ishin no Kai will support Ono Taisuke, Vicegovernor of Kumamoto, for Governor of Tokyo. A 3-way race: Koike-Kenji-Taisuke.
DPFP has endorsed none of them, and Ishin is sounding them out on Taisuke. Today Ozawa Ichiro met Ishin's Endo Takashi「遠藤敬」🤔jiji.com/jc/article?k=2…
DPFP has endorsed none of them, and Ishin is sounding them out on Taisuke. Today Ozawa Ichiro met Ishin's Endo Takashi「遠藤敬」🤔jiji.com/jc/article?k=2…
This conversation between Ishin no Kai and the DPFP about the 「Election for Governor of Tokyo」comes when there seems to be some underground movements by conservative elements of the Kokumin-Minshuto re: an alliance with Ishin no Kai.
⚔️It's official: Yamamoto Taro, leader of Reiwa Shinsengumi, will run for Governor of Tokyo.
This movement splits the Opposition vote, given the JCP & CDPJ already supported veteran lawyer Utsunomiya Kenji...uh🤷🏻♂️ #東京都知事選挙
This movement splits the Opposition vote, given the JCP & CDPJ already supported veteran lawyer Utsunomiya Kenji...uh🤷🏻♂️ #東京都知事選挙
Politics fiction...or not? I wonder if they are talking about something like this 🤔 They better coalesce around one candidate though.
Good thread about Yamamoto Taro's press conference this morning. His decision borns out of his conviction about the "uselessness" of cooperating with other Opposition parties 👇🏻
On the right, the LDP Tokyo Chapter will NOT support, or recommend, Yuriko Koike for Governor. There's still bad blood between them: #百合子小池
