What is Governor of Tokyo?
{{Infobox official post | post = Governor of Tokyo | body = | native_name = 東京都知事 | flag = File:Emblem of Tokyo Metropolis.svg | flagsize = 150px | flagborder = | flagcaption = Standard of the Governor | insignia = File:Flag of Tokyo Metropolis.svg | insigniasize = 150px | insigniacaption = Flag of Tokyo | image = | imagesize = | alt = | incumbent = [[Yuriko Koike]] | incumbentsince = 1 August 2016 | type = | status = | department = [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government]] | style = Governor (informal)<br>The Honourable (formal) | member_of = | reports_to = | residence = Tokyo Governor's Mansion (until 2014) | seat = | nominator = | appointer = Direct election | appointer_qualified = | termlength = Four years, no term limit | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = Governor of Edo Prefecture<br>Governor of Tokyo Prefecture<br>Mayor of Tokyo | formation = {{start date and age|1947|5|3}} | First = Seiichiro Yasui | last = | abolished = | succession = | abbreviation = | unofficial_names = | deputy = Lieutenant Governors of Tokyo | salary = | website = }} The {{nihongo|'''Governor of Tokyo'''|東京都知事|Tokyo-To Chiji}} is the head of government of [[Tokyo]]. In 1943, the position was created. ==Background== Candidates must be a citizen of [[Japan]] and be a resident of [[Tokyo]] for more than three months, and must be over the age of 30. Candidates must also put up three million [[yen]] to the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government]]