The world has one more woman leader thanks to a historic election in Tokyo.
On Aug. 1, 2016, Tokyo made history by electing Yuriko Koike, its first female governor.
Koike is a groundbreaking political veteran with cabinet experience who ran for a head of state position in 2008. Sound familiar?
Tokyo is with her. Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images.
Not only was this a big win for her (she defeated her closest opponent by over a million votes), but it's also a huge win for Tokyo, a city that doesn't have the greatest track record on women's rights.
"Hillary used the word 'glass ceiling,'" Koike said in 2008. "But in Japan, it isn't glass, it's an iron plate." Continue reading
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