Elections of the mayor began in the capital Japan Tokyo, 21 candidates apply for a post of the town governor.
However main applicant three. The official promoted worker from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Japan Hiroya Masoud, according to the last polls, concedes to the colleague on party Yuriko Koike, transfers Information company "ITAR-TASS" .
LDP officially decided to support the former Minister of Internal Affairs and communications to Masoud, but Koike who held earlier a post of the Minister of Defence of the country, after all decided to take part in elections, to that having shown split in the ranks of ruling party. Big sympathy and support from local population, consider observers, forced Koike to risk and go counter to own party. The third potential candidate in the Tokyo mayors - the known journalist Syuntaro Torigoe.
Popularity of Koike is explained by that the aiming at a development of education and system of preschool institutions became one of the main points of its program. And according to voters, the woman can cope with such questions better than men. The official candidate from the party of the power of Hiroya Masoud in the election campaign put emphasis on criticism of financial scandal because of which Masudzoye retired, having emphasized that authorities of the capital have no right to squander taxpayers money.
It should be noted that Yuriko Koike repeatedly promised that in case of a victory will dismiss capital legislative assembly and will hold new elections. It becomes one more blow to own party as now members of LDP make the majority in the Tokyo legislative assembly.
In June of this year the governor of Tokyo Eiti Masudzoe was compelled to resign after was convicted of financial scandal. Him accused of inappropriate use of means from the political funds created on the basis of donations from supporters. Means from them as it became clear, it spent for the personal purposes, including for payment of accounts at restaurants where he had dinner with a family, numbers of hotels during personal trips and purchase of various goods.