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    Tōru Hashimoto

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  1. Tōru Hashimoto (橋下 徹, Hashimoto Tōru, born 29 June 1969) is a Japanese TV personality, politician, and lawyer. He is a former governor of Osaka Prefecture and mayor of City of Osaka . He is a founder of Nippon Ishin no Kai and the Osaka Restoration Association .

  2. Jan 16, 2014 · By mid-2012, less than five years after entering politics, Hashimoto Tōru was Japan’s most popular politician. Hashimoto’s television-generated fame and crowd-pleasing skills propelled him to an easy win in his first election, in 2008, for the governorship of Osaka Prefecture.

    • Charles Weathers
    • 2014
  3. Feb 15, 2012 · November 10, 2011. Together with Hashimoto Tōru (left), Sakaiya Taichi speaks in support of Matsui Ichirō (center) during his successful campaign for election as governor of Osaka Prefecture ...

  4. Tōru Hashimoto (橋下 徹, Hashimoto Tōru, born 29 June 1969) is a Japanese TV personality, politician and lawyer. He is a former governor of Osaka Prefecture and mayor of City of Osaka. He is a founder of Nippon Ishin no Kai and the Osaka Restoration Association. He is one of Japan's leading right-wing conservative-populist politicians.

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  6. Jul 24, 2012 · Hashimoto Tōru is indisputably a figure of rare talent. But we must learn the lessons of history. We must scrutinize his day-to-day pronouncements, check the policy decisions he issues one after ...

  7. Jul 25, 2012 · Hashimoto Tōru (center) flanked by Kawamura Takashi (right) and Ōmura Hideaki (December 20, 2010; photo: Sankei Shimbun). Kawamura was first elected in 1993 to the House of Representatives as a ...

  8. Jul 13, 2021 · This article analyses attempts by City of Osaka public servants to use the Japanese legal system to thwart the policies of controversial mayor, Tōru Hashimoto (2011 to 2015). The cases demonstrate a clash between conservative and progressive views about the line between state and public realms which is at the heart of debates about privacy.