A NOVEMBER REFERENDUM SCHEDULED TO POSSIBLY REORGANIZE OSAKA INTO A METROPOLIS

Highlights –

• A November referendum scheduled to possibly reorganize Osaka into a metropolis.
• The referendum is currently scheduled for Nov. 1.
• This will be the second time after May 2015 that the prefecture is holding such a referendum.
• The initiative is to abolish the city for supposedly more cost-effective governance.

Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui led in....