Journalist Shuntaro Torigoe announces his candidacy for the July 31 Tokyo gubernatorial election during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on July 12, 2016. The main opposition Democratic Party and three other opposition parties will back him as a unified candidate. (Kyodo)
He is 76 year old survivor from cancer, rectal cancer, metastatic lung and liver cancer. He has overcome all cancers now. I expect him to win the gubernatorial election in Tokyo just like overcoming many cancers.