TOKYO—Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike on Sunday was elected governor of Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK said, becoming the first woman in the post and taking the helm four years before the city plays host to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. NHK and other Japanese news organizations said she defeated Hiroya Masuda, a former governor of a northern prefecture who had... Ms. Koike, 64 years old, is a member of parliament from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, but she ran without the party’s support.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 31, 2016 12:11 UTC