Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura and Osaka metropolis Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama have been set to be reelected to their positions in snap native elections Sunday night time, native media reported, setting the stage for an effort to carry a 3rd referendum on merging Osaka metropolis’s wards right into a Tokyo-like authorities construction.
The elections have been known as by Yoshimura, who can also be the chief of the Japan Innovation Social gathering (JIP), to realize public assist for one more merger referendum.
With the gubernatorial and mayoral elections out of the way in which, Yoshimura should persuade not solely Osaka voters but additionally members of his personal celebration within the Osaka Metropolis Council to alter their minds and approve a invoice to carry a 3rd referendum to understand a long-held dream of merging Osaka metropolis’s wards.
