Mayor on controversial remarks

Mayor on controversial remarks

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city hall in western Japan on May 16, 2013. Hashimoto said he "lacked international awareness" when suggesting U.S. servicemen in Japan use the country's legal adult entertainment industry in order to prevent them from committing sex offenses against locals.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001182432
  • Registered date
  • 2013/5/16 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2013 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2806 × 3901 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 710.19(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Osaka Mayor Hashimoto may run in next lower house election

    Osaka Mayor Hashimoto may run in next lower house election

    OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who also acts as the co-leader of the opposition Japan Innovation Party, makes a speech in the western Japan city of Osaka on Nov. 15, 2014. He indicated he may run in the next lower house election that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to call soon.
      Osaka Mayor Hashimoto may run in next lower house election

      Osaka Mayor Hashimoto may run in next lower house election

      OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who also acts as the co-leader of the opposition Japan Innovation Party, makes a speech in the western Japan city of Osaka on Nov. 15, 2014. He indicated he may run in the next lower house election that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to call soon.
        Nago mayor in Washington

        Nago mayor in Washington

        WASHINGTON, United States - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, holds a press conference in Washington on May 22, 2014. Inamine told reporters that he asked U.S. House of Representatives members he met to propose holding a hearing on the contentious relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps airfield to his city.
          Re-elected Osaka mayor

          Re-elected Osaka mayor

          OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto holds a press conference at Osaka city hall in Osaka, western Japan, on March 24, 2014, a day after his re-election.
            Re-elected Osaka mayor

            Re-elected Osaka mayor

            OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto holds a press conference at Osaka city hall in Osaka, western Japan, on March 24, 2014, a day after his re-election.
              Re-elected Osaka mayor

              Re-elected Osaka mayor

              OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto holds a press conference at Osaka city hall in Osaka, western Japan, on March 24, 2014, a day after his re-election.
                Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

                Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

                OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto arrives at the Osaka city hall on March 24, 2014, the day after he won reelection.
                  Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

                  Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

                  OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto arrives at the Osaka city hall on March 24, 2014, the day after he won reelection.
                    Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

                    Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

                    OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (L) submits his letter of resignation to Yoshinobu Kinoshita, chairman of the Osaka municipal assembly, at the Osaka city hall on Feb. 7, 2014. A mayoral election is expected to be held later.
                      Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors

                      Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors

                      TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue answer reporters' questions at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013. They told U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy the same day that they are hoping that President Barack Obama will visit their cities, both of which were hit by U.S. atomic bombs in World War II.