Ex-actor Taro Yamamoto declares candidacy for Tokyo governor race

Actor-turned-politician Taro Yamamoto, leader of the anti-establishment party Reiwa Shinsengumi, announced his candidacy Monday for the Tokyo gubernatorial election next month, in which incumbent Yuriko Koike is widely expected to be re-elected.Yamamoto, 45, pledged at a press conference to make the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics his first order of business should he be elected governor in the July 5 race.He also promised to provide all residents of the capital a relief handout of 100,000 yen ($934) each in response to the coronavirus pandemic.But with the Constitutional Democratic Part…READ FULL ARTICLE