Tokyo Governor's Party of Hope (Koike the leader) platform:
- Japan should freeze planned sales tax hike in 2019
- Should end nuclear power by 2030
- Should debate revising pacifist article 9 of constitution
- Platform is to carry out 'Yurinomics', based on private sector led economic revitalisation, not relying excessively on monetary easing and fiscal spending
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- To consider taxing big firms' internal reserves as alternative source of revenue for freezing planned sales tax hike
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Koike's party could be a bit of a wild card in the election. At this stage it looks like Abe will win, but still plenty of time to go and Koike has struck a chord
Yen doing pretty much nothing
