Tōru Hashimoto
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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.[1][2][3][4]
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Tōru Hashimoto | |
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橋下 徹 | |
Mayor of Osaka | |
In office 25 November 2011 – 18 December 2015 | |
Preceded by | Kunio Hiramatsu |
Succeeded by | Hirofumi Yoshimura |
Governor of Osaka Prefecture | |
In office 6 February 2008 – 31 October 2011 | |
Preceded by | Fusae Ohta |
Succeeded by | Ichirō Matsui |
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Born | (1969-06-29) 29 June 1969 (age 55) Tokyo, Japan |
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Spouse | Noriko |
Children | 7; 3 sons and 4 daughters |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
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Hashimoto does not believe that Korean comfort women who served as sex workers for the Japanese military during World War II were recruited by force.[5]