Tokushima mayor meets governor on referendum result

Tokushima mayor meets governor on referendum result

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Mayor Masakatsu Koike (R sitting) meets Tokushima Prefecture Gov. Toshio Endo (L) at the prefectural office on Jan. 24 to report that in a Jan. 23 referendum an overwhelming majority of residents in the city of Tokushima voted no to a project to construct a weir on the Yoshino River. In the direct ballot, more than 90 percent of voters opposed the controversial 100 billion yen project being pushed by the Construction Ministry.

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