Mr.Hashimoto was elected as the mayor of Osaka city.

   The elections of the governor of Osaka prefecture and the mayor of Osaka city were held yesterday, and Mr.Toru Hashimoto, the former governor of Osaka prefecture was elected as the mayor, and Mr.Ichiro Matsui from "Ishin no kai" party was elected as the governor of Osaka prefecture. Mr.Hashimoto had been a very popular governer of Osaka prefecture, but he had thought it was an obstacle to reform the political situation of Osaka prefecture. So, he decided to step down from the governor, and run for the mayor of Osaka city, and for the govenor, he let Mr.Matsui from "Ishin no kai", a new local political party, which Mr.Hashimoto had founded. In his election campaign, Mr.Hashimoto said " In order to reform and rebuild Osaka, even dictatorship is necessary. Now, it is certain that the sense of a kind of political stagnation is prevailing all over the country, but to break free of it, is dictatorship truly necessary?  Isn't it dangerous?