Yuriko Koike, the Tokyo governor known as ‘lipstick ninja’, threatens Japan’s Abe in risky election battle

Now Yuriko Koike, Tokyo governor and perhaps Japan’s most powerful woman, is at the starting line of the biggest race of her political life to date: Tuesday’s launch of Japan’s national election campaign. Ms Koike, 65, shook up Japan’s normally …
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