THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 2, 2021 at 18:41 JST
Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura answers questions from reporters on Feb. 1 after the Aichi prefectural election administration commission's announcement that more than 80 percent of signatures in a petition drive to recall Aichi Governor Hidekai Omura were believed to be faked. (Kei Kobayashi)
NAGOYA--Prefectural election authorities said most of the hundreds of thousands of signatures collected in a petition drive to recall Aichi Governor Hidekai Omura will not count because they show similar penmanship. [Read More]
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