What do a onetime Arabic translator, an advocate of decentralization and a former Tehran correspondent have in common?
They're all the leading candidates in Sunday's Tokyo gubernatorial election.
Yuriko Koike, Hiroya Masuda and Shuntaro Torigoe are the front-runners in a race that features a record 21 candidates vying to be governor of the metropolis.
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