Campaigning starts for referendum on Osaka metropolitan idea

Campaigning starts for referendum on Osaka metropolitan idea

A signboard in front of the Osaka city government offices on April 27, 2015, encourages some 2.1 million eligible voters in the western Japanese city to vote in a referendum May 17 on Mayor Toru Hashimoto's idea to create a metropolitan Osaka government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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