自民、小池氏支援で調整　五輪延期にらみ連携強化―都知事選

　７月５日投開票の東京都知事選をめぐり、自民党は小池百合子知事を支援する方向で調整に入った。東京五輪の延期が検討される中、現職の小池氏との連携強化が不可欠と判断。二階俊博幹事長は２４日、小池氏と対立する党都連の幹部と会談し、対応を協議した。
　都連との協議に先立ち、二階氏は記者会見で「勝てる候補を出すことを念頭に意見を聞きたい」と述べた。（2020/03/24-13:23）

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering supporting the reelection of Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike in the July 5 gubernatorial poll, it was learned Tuesday.
   The LDP believes that it needs to work with Koike as the International Olympic Committee decided Sunday to consider the possibility of postponing the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, sources familiar with the situation said.
   LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai held talks on Tuesday with senior officials of the LDP's Tokyo chapter to discuss what to do regarding the Tokyo gubernatorial election.
   "I'd like to hear opinions on the basis of supporting a candidate who can win the governor election," Nikai told a press conference before the day's meeting.
   Koike trounced the LDP's candidate in the 2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election.