Tokyo Gov. Koike faces complaint over allegedly fake univ. diploma

A former close aide to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Tuesday he has filed a criminal complaint against her for allegedly falsifying her academic credentials in a suspected violation of the public election law.The complaint filed with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office the same day alleges that Koike's persistent lies about graduating from Cairo University in Egypt constitute false disclosure, Toshiro Kojima said at a press conference in Tokyo.Kojima said he concluded that Koike, who is seeking her third term in the capital's gubernatorial election next month, misrepresented her edu…READ FULL ARTICLE