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Politics › Osaka Governor Hashimoto struggling to implement policies

After six months in office, Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto, championing a ''Change Osaka'' reform program, has been trying to come up with credible measures to… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Aug 15 2008

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