Gangster son takes on conservative Osaka mayor

The Siege of Osaka: Local media draws parallels with 17th century battles at the castle as two candidates slug it out in the mayoral election Sex and gambling don't usually win votes in election campaigns. But a self-proclaimed son of a gangster is proposing just that as a way to boost the economy in Osaka's mayoral election. Toru Hashimoto is a 42-year-old lawyer-turned-politician who is running

[call_me_nots]

こんなこと言ったっけ→ "We should ... welcome the development of casinos and red-light districts to attract people."

[nessko]

>it is not his father's association with the mafia that is in the minds of voters; it is the economy.

[hagakuress]

『Sex and gambling don't usually win votes in election campaigns.But a self-proclaimed son of a gangster is proposing just that as a way to boost the economy in Osaka's mayoral election. 』