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YURIKO KOIKE

Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2017
Koike agrees to foot bill for temporary Olympic facilities but neighbors irked by delays, loose ends
Gov. Yuriko Koike pushes Tokyo's Olympic preparations forward by agreeing to foot the cost of building temporary facilities outside the capital, but not everyone is happy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 1, 2017
Let's discuss Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike was named one of the world's 100 Most Influential People of 2017 by Time magazine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2017
Koike's plan for Tepco to remove utility poles in Tokyo an Olympian task
Making one of the world's biggest cities beautiful is a task beleaguered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is unlikely to relish.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2017
IPC chief hopes Japan sweeps away last barriers as Paralympics host
International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven has a simple but complicated wish: to fix the world so that he is recognized not as a user of a wheelchair, but as the person he is.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 25, 2017
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly heavyweight Uchida decides not to seek eighth term
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly heavyweight Shigeru Uchida, a former secretary-general of the ruling liberal Democratic Party's Tokyo chapter, said Saturday he will not seek re-election when his current term ends in summer, citing age and health concerns.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2017
Olympic planners put cost for non-Tokyo games venues at ¥5.7 billion
In its latest budget update, Tokyo's Olympic organizers project it will cost about ¥5.73 billion ($50.82 million) to build the temporary facilities needed for the baseball, softball and surfing events outside the capital, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 20, 2017
Metro assembly plans new panel to probe Tsukiji move, may summon Ishihara
Four major parties in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly agree to set up a powerful committee to look into the issues dogging the Tsukiji fish market relocation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 18, 2017
Tsukiji decision unlikely before metro assembly election in July, Koike hints
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike appears likely to wait until after the July 2 metropolitan assembly election to decide whether to approve the relocation of the Tsukiji fish market amid unrelenting contamination concerns at the new site in the Toyosu district.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2017
Tokyo kicks off recycling drive for 2020 medals
Your old cellphone could be destined for Olympic greatness.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2017
Backed by Tokyo Gov. Koike, incumbent Chiyoda Ward mayor wins fifth term
Incumbent Mayor Masami Ishikawa, backed by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, defeats two newcomers to secure a fifth term to lead central Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 26, 2017
Tokyo prepping ¥9 billion in compensation for Tsukiji relocation delay: source
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is arranging an extra spending measure of around ¥9 billion ($79.43 million) to compensate businesses for losses stemming from the postponed relocation of the Tsukiji fish market, a source close to the matter said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017
Koike targets former governor Ishihara in Toyosu probe
The Tokyo governor seeks answers in court as to whether her predecessor caused the Tsukiji fish market relocation fiasco.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 17, 2017
Koike says more scrutiny needed in Tsukiji market relocation
In an interview with The Japan Times, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike stressed the need to scrutinize the contamination problem at Toyosu, the relocation site for the famed Tsukiji fish market, following revelations that more toxins have been found there.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2017
Chemicals exceeding standards again are detected at new site of fish market in Toyosu
An amount of benzene 79 times the maximum allowed was detected in groundwater samples gathered from the site at Toyosu where Tsukiji fish market is to be relocated.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2017
Tokyo Gov. Koike inspects Tsukiji for first time since delaying relocation
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike inspected the Tsukiji fish market Thursday for the first time since deciding to postpone its relocation from November last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2017
Discussion of cost-sharing absent from Abe-Koike Olympics meeting
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meet but eschew for now talks on how the financial burden should be shared.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2017
Abe, Koike to hold talks, with 2020 Olympic budget likely on agenda
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike are set to hold talks Tuesday, with the budget for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics likely on the agenda.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2017
Koike unveils plans for cheaper, easier access to public records
Backing her pledges to improve transparency, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced plans Friday to improve access to public documents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 1, 2017
Abe has no reason to rock the boat by calling early-2017 snap election
After weeks of speculation that 2017 may start with a snap election in late January, the prime minister said on NHK that it will not happen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 31, 2016
Buried truths: Digging deep into Japanese media from 2016
Everyone agrees 2016 was a terrible year, and not just because so many popular celebrities died. In addition to the wars, both hot and rhetorical, that continue unabated throughout the world, the political situation in Europe and America veered toward isolationism. Hatred ruled, and no resentments were...

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