Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Prefectural government of Tokyo

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July 31 2016	Yuriko Koike, running as an independent, was elected governor of Tokyo with 44.49% of the popular vote.
July 27 2016	Tokyo Assembly election is held. Yuriko Koike's Tomin First no Kai party wins 49 seats with 33.68% of the vote, while the LDP obtains 23 seats with 22.53% of the vote.
June 2016	Yoichi Masuzoe resigned as governor of Tokyo.
2014	Yoichi Masuzoe is elected as the new Governor of Tokyo in the gubernatorial election.
2014	Yōichi Masuzoe takes office as Governor of Tokyo, serving from 2014 to 2016.
December 2013	Naoki Inose resigned as governor of Tokyo.
June 2013	Liberal Democratic Party won 59 of 127 seats in the Tokyo prefectural election, securing 36% of the vote.
December 2012	Naoki Inose, endorsed by Liberal Democratic Party, Kōmeitō, and Japan Restoration Party, won the Tokyo gubernatorial election with approximately two-thirds of the vote.
October 2012	Shintarō Ishihara resigned as governor of Tokyo.
2011	Tokyo remained one of six prefectures not participating in the unified local elections, alongside Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki, and Okinawa.

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