維新、独自候補の擁立断念　都知事選、いずれも支援せず

　日本維新の会は１２日、東京都知事選（２０日告示、７月７日投開票）への独自候補擁立を断念することを決めた。馬場伸幸代表が常任役員会で報告した。維新はいずれの候補も支援せず、「静観」する考えだ。（2024/06/12-20:37）

Opposition party Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) decided on Wednesday not to field its own candidate in the July 7 Tokyo gubernatorial election.
   The decision was reported at a party executive meeting by leader Nobuyuki Baba. The party intends not to support any candidate in the election.
   Incumbent Governor Yuriko Koike and House of Councillors member Renho, who has tendered resignation as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, are among those who have announced their bids.
   Nippon Ishin Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita told a press conference that several names were floated as possible Ishin candidates.
   But "it would have been extremely difficult to cut in and compete against people who are well-known and have track records," he said, adding that the party does not intend to support any candidate at the moment.