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TOKYO METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY

Hideki Shirakawa, a professor emeritus at the University of Tsukuba, became the second Japanese person to receive the Nobel Prize in chemistry in October 2000.
51勛圖厙 / History / Japan Times Gone By
Oct 1, 2025
Japan Times 2000: Japanese professor wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
Hideki Shirakawa received the Nobel Prize in October 2000 along with two American scientists for their revolutionary work on conductive polymers.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (right) and Takayuki Morimura, head of Tomin First no Kai, during the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election campaign in Tokyo in June
51勛圖厙 / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 8, 2025
Tokyo Gov. Koike seen keeping three-party alliance involving LDP
Attention is also turning to whether the Tokyo governor will seek cooperation with the Democratic Party for the People, which won its first seats in the metropolitan assembly.
The Liberal Democratic Party's Tokyo chapter head, Shinji Inoue (right), at the party's headquarters on Sunday night
51勛圖厙 / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 23, 2025
Tokyo election results signal uncertainty for LDP ahead of Upper House race
※It was a very tough election,§ said Shinji Inoue, head of the LDP＊s Tokyo chapter, early on Monday morning after the results came in.
A banner announcing the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election is displayed at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Tokyo on Saturday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jun 23, 2025
Koike-backed party gains seats as LDP dealt setback in Tokyo assembly poll
Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First), supported by Koike as a special adviser, remained the biggest party, taking 31 seats, up from 26.
Local authorities in Tokyo are resorting to unconventional measures to raise voter turnout, including partnering with public bathhouses amid Japan＊s ongoing sauna boom and collaborating with high school students to create promotional materials.
51勛圖厙 / Society
Jun 16, 2025
Tokyo teams up with bathhouses to boost voter turnout for assembly election
The previous election in 2021 showed a much lower turnout rate among younger demographics.
People gather for a campaign speech in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on June 1.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jun 13, 2025
Parties to test political waters in Tokyo election ahead of Upper House vote
The election is seen as an early indicator of how voters nationwide might cast their ballots in next month＊s Upper House poll.
An election poster board set up in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Friday
51勛圖厙 / Politics
May 28, 2025
Tokyo installs extra-large campaign boards ahead of metropolitan assembly vote
In some areas, boards with up to 70 slots are being installed, a move also intended to prepare for the Upper House election that will follow shortly after.
Democratic Party for the People head Yuichiro Tamaki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 22.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / FOCUS
May 23, 2025
Three Upper House candidates are creating headaches for DPP
The DPP hopes to win more seats this summer, but keeping every candidate on-message could be a challenge for leader Yuichiro Tamaki.
The focus of the election in Tokyo next month will be whether the Liberal Democratic Party can remain the biggest force in the 127-seat assembly.
51勛圖厙
May 21, 2025
More than 270 candidates to run in Tokyo assembly election
The focus of the election will be whether the Liberal Democratic Party can remain the biggest force in the 127-seat assembly.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, an adviser to Tomin First no Kai, will suffer if the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Tomin First fail to maintain their combined majority in the Tokyo assembly election in June.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Mar 25, 2025
LDP faces headwinds in Tokyo assembly election
Political funds scandals affecting the party at both the national level and in the assembly could cost it votes.
Ichiro Aisawa (second from left), head of the Liberal Democratic Party's Research Commission on the Election System, addresses a meeting of major political parties on election-related issues held at the parliament building on Friday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Feb 16, 2025
Japan parties to tackle issue of collaborating candidates
A provision to unify the size and other aspects of posters, which currently vary by election type, was also included in the bill.
Daisuke Komatsu (center), who heads the Liberal Democratic Party group in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, bows at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17 after the group's accountant was slapped with summary indictment.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2025
Tokyo Assembly LDP accountant fined ?1 million over slush funds
LDP accountant Hidekatsu Yajima had been summarily indicted by Tokyo prosecutors for violating the political funds control law.
Tomin First no Kai adviser Hirotada Ototake speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Wednesday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jan 26, 2025
Tomin First adviser Hirotada Ototake keen to use social media
※Through social media outreach, we want to become an option for unaffiliated voters who have not decided for whom to vote§ in the June 22 race, said Ototake.
Daisuke Komatsu (left), who heads the Liberal Democratic Party's group in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, and others bow in apology during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jan 24, 2025
LDP Tokyo assembly members to correct funds reports
Some LDP members of the assembly kept some revenues from fundraising parties held in 2019 and 2022 for themselves and did not declare the income.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. Tokyo prosecutors on Friday indicted an accountant of the Liberal Democratic Party＊s bloc in the assembly for underreporting over ?60 million ($386,000) of the group＊s income and expenditure.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jan 17, 2025
Accountant for LDP bloc in Tokyo assembly accused of underreporting funds
Hidekatsu Yajima, 72, is alleged to have underreported over ?60 million ($386,000) of LDP assembly members＊ income and expenditure.
Shinji Ishimaru announces details of his new regional party at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jan 15, 2025
With new regional party, Shinji Ishimaru touts rebirth
The former mayor of Akitakata in Hiroshima Prefecture aims to field candidates in July＊s Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election.
A projection mapping display illuminates the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building during a tourism promotion event in April.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Dec 13, 2024
20 LDP Tokyo assembly members underreported fundraising party sales
A similar scandal involving slush funds from unreported fundraising party revenues has plagued LDP parliament members.
The Liberal Democratic Party's poor showing in Sunday's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly by-elections likely won't have any decisive impact on the standing of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jul 8, 2024
Tokyo by-elections setback a blow to the LDP, but maybe not to Kishida
Sunday＊s poor performance might not have much impact on the prime minister＊s prospects for reelection as LDP president.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks at a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly session earlier this month.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jun 28, 2024
Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly by-elections
The Liberal Democratic Party and the regional party Tomin First no Kai are competing to become the biggest group in the assembly.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jun 12, 2020
Koike＊s first term as Tokyo governor: Eventful, but little to show for it
Each challenge has revealed a new facet of her political persona, and they will also serve as benchmarks against which voters examine her record.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" 〞 an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive＊s mission to save Japan＊s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ※the very first day it appeared in the world,§ says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi＊s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.

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Why Japan＊s utility poles won＊t be disappearing anytime soon
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