— 小池百合子 (@ecoyuri) January 17, 2019 Who gets to decide what street art is valuable and what is not? It’s a topic that comes up for debate every now and then, and it’s about to be on everyone’s radar ...

Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo best known by some anime fans for her cosplay skills, has won reelection in a landslide.

Hirofumi Yoshimura is the hottest politician in Japan. What made the 44-year-old Osaka governor a star was Covid-19. Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun asked readers which politician responded to ...

A possible artwork of Banksy discovered in January is to be exhibited at the Tokyo metropolitan government building from next week, Gov. Yuriko Koike says.

TOKYO IS TRYING to verify if a drawing of a rat holding an umbrella that has been sprayed near a monorail station is the work of the famous and mysterious street artist Banksy. “We noticed there ...

Could this be the work of Banksy? A piece of graffiti found at a monorail station in Tokyo, Japan, could be the work of British artist Banksy, say local officials. The drawing bears resemblance to ...

Tokyo elected its first female governor on July 31. The political underdog Yuriko Koike, who was sidelined by her own party, racked up 2.91 million votes in a landslide victory. Despite her popularity ...

The first woman elected to serve as governor of Tokyo now faces her toughest task — putting her words into action.

Tokyo has elected its first female governor, the Arabic-speaking environmentalist and North Korea hawk Yuriko Koike.