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UNHOORAY FOR TOYOSATO!! LDP TEACHES UPSTART CITY A THING OR TWO ABOUT DEMOCRACY

Looks as though my congratulations to the city of Toyosato were premature. The voters of that municipality across the Lake, of whom so many Japanese were proud as manifesting the viability and strength of Democracy in Japan, gave Democracy a new twist (maybe distortion is a better word) when, after recalling the obviously front-man Mayor with the worst combover in Japan, possibly the world (the irresistible ad hominem jibe is mainly to give some indication of the extent of this bizarrity-- who would elect this man to any office on any basis?), they RE-ELECTED HIM!! I guess their on-second-thought appreciation of the dumped mayor's unquestionable value to the community, and of possible health problems for certain voters and their families if he wasn't unrejected, saved the day for democracy. The leader of the recall faction came in a sufficiently distant second to make the country safe for heavy handedness. Read this for a taste of politics at the local level in Japan!