東京都知事選が告示　コロナ、五輪めぐり論戦―７月５日投開票

　任期満了に伴う東京都知事選が１８日告示され、１７日間の選挙戦が始まった。新型コロナウイルス対策や、４年間の小池都政への評価が主な争点。２０２１年夏に延期となった東京五輪・パラリンピックの在り方も問われる。都内では、１７日も新たに１６人の感染者が確認されるなど、新型コロナへの警戒が必要な状況が続いている。各陣営は感染拡大防止策を講じての選挙戦となる。投開票日は来月５日。
　再選を目指す小池百合子氏（６７）に、れいわ新選組代表の山本太郎氏（４５）、元日弁連会長の宇都宮健児氏（７３）、元熊本県副知事の小野泰輔氏（４６）、自らが党首のＮＨＫから国民を守る党が推薦する立花孝志氏（５２）ら新人が挑む構図。１８日午後１時１５分までに現職と新人２０人の計２１人が立候補を届け出て、過去最多だった１６年の前回選に並んだ。現職と新人の対決は１１年以来、９年ぶりとなる。（2020/06/18-13:35）

The official campaign period for the July 5 Tokyo gubernatorial election kicked off on Thursday, pitting incumbent Governor Yuriko Koike against a spate of challengers.
   High on the agenda during the 17-day campaign period until July 4 are response to the novel coronavirus outbreak and policies on the Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, which have been postponed by one year to 2021 due to the epidemic.
   By 11 a.m. Thursday (2 a.m. GMT), the incumbent and 14 other people filed their candidacies.
   Aiming for re-election, Koike, 67, will defend her achievements in her first four-year term.
   Vying to take the governorship of the Japanese capital from Koike are Kenji Utsunomiya, 73, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Taisuke Ono, 46, former vice governor of Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, Taro Yamamoto, 45, leader of minor political party Reiwa Shinsengumi, Takashi Tachibana, 52, head of NHK kara Kokumin wo Mamoru To, a party campaigning against the public broadcaster, formally called Japan Broadcasting Corp., and others.