Masked wrestler-lawmaker takes his seat in Kawanishi council chamber
Billy Ken Kid attended his first full session behind a mask after the assembly agreed to conditions; a former Osaka governor says voters need to see his real face online.
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Hashimoto defends consumption tax cut after lower house passage: "If it doesn't cost lives, politics should do it"
The former Osaka mayor praised Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama for pushing through a bill that would cut the tax on food and drink to 1% for two years from April 2027.
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