By SHOHEI SASAGAWA/ Staff Writer
September 4, 2020 at 18:20 JST
Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui answers questions from reporters after the city assembly agreed to hold a second referendum on the Osaka metropolis plan at a plenary session on Sept. 3. (Tatsuo Kanai)
OSAKA--A second referendum on reorganizing Osaka city into a metropolis like Tokyo will be called for November, now that the city assembly has approved holding another plebiscite. [Read More]
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