Daunting tasks await Tokyo's new governor
Naoki Inose elected by a record margin but doubts remain whether he is up to the job
He may have been elected with a record vote and may be only days into his new job, but the knives already appear to be out for Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose.
Tasked with preparing the metropolis for a major earthquake, curing the city's shrinking tax revenues, winning the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games and providing assistance to a growing number of elderly who live alone are just some of the difficult tasks he faces.
But perhaps his biggest hurdle is stepping into the very large shoes left behind by his more famous - some would say notorious - predecessor.
The post of Tokyo governor was left vacant when Shintaro Ishihara announced that he would be stepping down, after more than 13 years, to set up the Japan Restoration Party and make a return to national politics.
That he has done, winning one of the 61 seats the party took in Sunday's election for the Lower House of the Diet.
Inose beat candidates including attorney Kenji Utsunomiya, a former head of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations; former LDP science minister Takashi Sasagawa; and Shigefumi Matsuzawa, a former governor of Kanagawa prefecture.