日本維新の会共同代表の橋下徹大阪市長は、一連の発言に関する「私の認識と見解」を日本語と英語で公表した。英語版は以下の通り。 橋下氏のこれまでの発言 ◇ Statement by Toru Hashimoto, at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan 27 May 2013 Ideals and values on which I stand: Today, I want to start by talking about my basic ideals as a politician and my values as a human being. Nothing is more regrettable than a series of media reports on my remarks with regard to the i