Tokyo governor's party heads for big win in city election

View photosTokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike smiles as she learns many candidates of her new party, Tomin First no Kai, or Tokyoites First Party, are being elected while waiting for the result of Sunday’s city assembly election in Tokyo, July 2, 2017. Maverick Koike’s new party is certain to make a landslide victory in the closely watched city assembly election over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s scandal-laden ruling party, which is expected to lose nearly half of its seats, according to ea