Osaka Mayor Hashimoto to step down

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto attends a meeting of the senior municipal officials in Osaka on May 18, 2015, a day after his proposal to reorganize the city administration into a metropolitan government similar to Tokyo's was rejected in a referendum. He will retire from politics after his term expires in December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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