Mayor joins blitz to shore up sagging commerce

Mayor joins blitz to shore up sagging commerce

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Retail workers smile on a shopping street in Atsugi west of Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014, after receiving thermal underwear from lightly clothed Mayor Tsuneyoshi Kobayashi (3rd from R) in a campaign designed to shore up declining local business by taking advantage of the city's name that also means "heavily dressed" in Japanese.

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