Referendum set for Mar. 9 to oust mayor to save art deco school

Referendum set for Mar. 9 to oust mayor to save art deco school

TOYOSATO, Japan - Wasaburo Ono, mayor of Toyosato in Shiga Prefecture, speaks in his town Feb. 17 after a referendum campaign began the same day. The March 9 referendum will focus on whether to remove the mayor over his aborted plan to demolish a historic art deco school designed by American architect William Merrell Vories. (Kyodo)

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