Wednesday, December 12, 2012           mari yo said...  I really
wanted Mr. Utsunomiya to become a Tokyo governor. I know that my
friends and many bloggers I know have voted for him. I was very
disappointed with the election results; however, Mr. Utsunomiya
and his supporters (volunteers) did a great job of getting
968,960 votes in just 17 days without much, almost no, media
coverage.  Now a belligerent, bigoted, and corrupt jerk became a
Tokyo governor. I hope things don't get any worse in Tokyo.
TenThousandThings said...  Many thanks; agree that this is just
the start of positive change towards a sustainable Japan...The
winner definitely got the tobacco lobby and smoking vote...