Tokyo Governor Koike: no intention at all to return to national politics

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, floated in the past as a potential future prime minister, told a news conference on Friday that she had 'no intention at all' to return to national politics.

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike holds a placard reading:"Short-term intensive infection control measure", a slogan about the city's response to the coronavirus disease outbreak, at a news conference, in Tokyo, Japan November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

TOKYO - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, floated in the past as a potential future prime minister, told a news conference on Friday that she had"no intention at all" to return to national politics. Koike, who defied the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in 2016 to make a successful bid to become Tokyo's governor, was commenting on a report that LDP heavyweight Toshihiro Nikai had said he would welcome it if she returned to parliament.

 

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