They wanted him to shut his pie hole but didn't have the courage to follow through
Censure motion against Hashimoto voted down
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who caused a storm with his comments on “comfort women,” survived a censure motion filed by local politicians on Thursday night.All done to avoid confrontation .
Council members rejected the motion against Hashimoto, who is also joint leader of the national Japan Restoration Party, city officials said.
Hashimoto prompted outrage at home and abroad by suggesting that battle-stressed soldiers during World War II needed the services of up to 200,000 sex slaves from Korea, China, the Philippines and elsewhere who were forcibly drafted into Japanese brothels.
The non-binding motion had earlier been expected to be approved. But the New Komeito Party, which holds the balance of power on the council, reversed its earlier stance and voted against it.
Tax dodging by the rich never goes out of style. Why should they have to pay taxes like the little people.
Actress among suspected tax dodgers |
The Korea Center for Investigative Journalism (KCIJ) disclosed the names of five more high-profile Koreans suspected of having evaded taxes by creating bogus companies in offshore tax havens, Thursday. |
Flying salami the terror weapon of choice
As a career politician, Julia Gillard is used to having insults flung at her. But it appears she is also getting used to having sandwiches thrown too.
Another sandwich was thrown at the Prime Minister on Thursday, during a school visit in Canberra.
The bread-based missile, which appeared to contain salami and a butter-like spread, was lobbed by an as-yet unidentified culprit in a crowd of students. It is reported to have hit her arm before falling to the ground.
AdvertisementMs Gillard was visiting Lyneham High School in the city's north to announce that the ACT had signed up to the Gonski education funding reforms.
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