Who knew a modern-day Adolf Hitler was running Osaka? Certainly not the majority of the 2.7 million people in the western Japanese city. Toru Hashimoto boasts an approval rating more than twice that of the Prime Minister. Osakans love their mayor's crusade against Tokyo's dysfunction and absolute power over the country. It has Japan's old guard running scared and comparing Hashimoto to Europe's most notorious genocidal fascist. (Sydney Morning Herald)
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