A Conversation with the Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike
October 29, 2021 9:00 am - 10:30 amJoin SAIS Interim Dean Kent E. Calder for a pre-recorded conversation with the Governor of Tokyo, Japan, Yuriko Koike. The Honorable Koike was elected Governor of Tokyo on July 31, 2016, becoming the first Japanese woman in the post. Koike previously served as a member of Japan’s House of Representatives and was formerly the Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Jun’ichiro Koizumi.
Koike notably supports economic liberalism, promotes administrative and budgetary reform, and insists on the advancement of the status of women in the working world. In terms of the economy, she has advocated for the aggressive privatization of Japanese assets to diminish the government’s debt burden. She also champions a strong turn towards IT development, natural sciences, sustainable infrastructure, and efficiency-based administrative reforms for public services.
Location: Online SAIS Event