BBC's "In pictures: Osaka seeks economic growth"

Photos borrowed from BBC News.

Toru Hashimoto won the position of mayor of Osaka in the election on Sunday. Here is how the BBC reported it (11/28/11):

Japan 'gangster son' Toru Hashimoto wins Osaka ballot

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15913870

Previous story (11/24/11):

Gangster son takes on conservative Osaka mayor

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15786798

Hashimoto is quoted here as saying, "There is no other city as vulgar and obscene as Osaka."

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. I fear Hashimoto's eyesight...

And here is how the BBC represent Osaka in a 9-picture slide show with captions (11/24/11):

In pictures: Osaka seeks economic growth

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15867199

Personally, I feel slighted by this representation and Hashimoto's "vision" of Osaka. My frustration and disappointment with Japanese politics continues.

Related links on the Osaka election from Japanese newspapers:

Maverick pair claim mandate to unify city, prefecture
Hashimoto, Matsui win twin Osaka polls

Link: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111128a1.html

Editorial: Osaka elections mark beginning of full-fledged debate on 'double administration'

Link: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20111128p2a00m0na010000c.html

Hashimoto wins election / Vows to quickly press central govt on Osaka metropolis plan

Link: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111128005293.htm