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Art_from_Ark

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20. Hashimoto was elected mayor of Osaka in December 2011

Reply to DevonRex (Reply #3)

Fri May 17, 2013, 03:24 AM

May 2013

The remarks about the "comfort women" were made just a few days ago.

Osaka is one of Japan's most political cities. For example, it is one of the few places in Japan where the Japanese Communist Party has major support. While Hashimoto had 61% approval as mayor not too long ago, national support for his right-wing political party has been dropping dramatically, going from 3.3% in February to 1.5% in April. So don't judge all of Japan by what one foot-in-mouth mayor says.

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Hashimoto was elected mayor of Osaka in December 2011 Art_from_Ark May 2013 #20