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Toyosato mayor ordered to stop funding new school bldg

OTSU, Japan - A group of residents in Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, celebrate the success of their suit against Toyosato Mayor Wasaburo Ono on Dec. 22. The Otsu District Court ordered Ono to stop funding construction of a new school building to replace the 66-year-old art deco building designed by U.S. architect William Merrell Vories that the mayor had sought to demolish. The residents want the building preserved.

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Toyosato mayor ousted over school building returns to office

TOYOSATO, Japan - Wasaburo Ono (C) celebrates his win in the mayoral election in the town of Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, on April 27. Ono was ousted as Toyosato mayor in a local referendum in March due to a row with residents over a historic school building.

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Residents oust Toyosato mayor over bid to demolish school

OTSU, Japan - Wasaburo Ono, mayor of the town of Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, speaks to reporters on March 9 after residents in a referendum voted to recall him and have a new mayoral election over an aborted plan to demolish a school building designed by an American architect and designated as a heritage.

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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.

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Referendum set to oust mayor to save art deco building

TOYOSATO, Japan - Hiroshi Ito, a resident of the town of Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, looks at a notice Jan. 10. It says the municipal election board accepted his civic group's formal request for a referendum on ousting Mayor Wasaburo Ono, who was pushing for the demolition of a historic school building.

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(1)Historic school in Shiga Pref. to be preserved

TOYOSATO, Japan - People seeking to preserve the 65-year-old Toyosato Elementary School building in Shiga Prefecture designed by American architect William Merrell Vories (1880-1964) rejoice in Toyosato on Dec. 24 after Toyosato Mayor Wasaburo Ono reportedly said he is thinking of preserving the building. Residents of the town have registered their opposition to demolition of the school.

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(1)Residents accuse town mayor of damaging historic school

OTSU, Japan - Two persons representing the residents of the town of Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, arrive at the prefectural police headquarters Dec. 24 to file a complaint against town mayor Wasaburo Ono, accusing him of damaging a historic elementary school building after a district court issued an injunction against demolishing the structure. The 65-year-old Toyosato Elementary School building was designed by American architect William Merrell Vories (1880-1964).

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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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Toyosato mayor ordered to stop funding new school bldg

OTSU, Japan - A group of residents in Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, celebrate the success of their suit against Toyosato Mayor Wasaburo Ono on Dec. 22. The Otsu District Court ordered Ono to stop funding construction of a new school building to replace the 66-year-old art deco building designed by U.S. architect William Merrell Vories that the mayor had sought to demolish. The residents want the building preserved. (Kyodo)

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Toyosato mayor ousted over school building returns to office

TOYOSATO, Japan - Wasaburo Ono (C) celebrates his win in the mayoral election in the town of Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, on April 27. Ono was ousted as Toyosato mayor in a local referendum in March due to a row with residents over a historic school building. (Kyodo)

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Residents oust Toyosato mayor over bid to demolish school

OTSU, Japan - Wasaburo Ono, mayor of the town of Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, speaks to reporters on March 9 after residents in a referendum voted to recall him and have a new mayoral election over an aborted plan to demolish a school building designed by an American architect and designated as a heritage. (Kyodo)

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Referendum set to oust mayor to save art deco building

TOYOSATO, Japan - Hiroshi Ito, a resident of the town of Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, looks at a notice Jan. 10. It says the municipal election board accepted his civic group's formal request for a referendum on ousting Mayor Wasaburo Ono, who was pushing for the demolition of a historic school building. (Kyodo)

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(1)Historic school in Shiga Pref. to be preserved

TOYOSATO, Japan - People seeking to preserve the 65-year-old Toyosato Elementary School building in Shiga Prefecture designed by American architect William Merrell Vories (1880-1964) rejoice in Toyosato on Dec. 24 after Toyosato Mayor Wasaburo Ono reportedly said he is thinking of preserving the building. Residents of the town have registered their opposition to demolition of the school. (Kyodo)

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(1)Residents accuse town mayor of damaging historic school

OTSU, Japan - Two persons representing the residents of the town of Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, arrive at the prefectural police headquarters Dec. 24 to file a complaint against town mayor Wasaburo Ono, accusing him of damaging a historic elementary school building after a district court issued an injunction against demolishing the structure. The 65-year-old Toyosato Elementary School building was designed by American architect William Merrell Vories (1880-1964). (Kyodo)