Newly elected Osaka Gov Toru Hashimoto got down to work at the Osaka prefectural government Wednesday as the nation's youngest governor at the age of 38. "I feel the weight of responsibility on my shoulders," he said after arriving at the prefectural... ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Wed, Feb 06 2008
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