fresh blow
堺市長選挙の敗北で橋本氏の求心力の低下を証明することとなりました。fresh blowです。freshのこうした用法については過去ログをどうぞ。（UG）
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20120920/1348142246
Mayor of Sakai returned in fresh blow to Hashimoto
OSAKA – Mayor Osami Takeyama’s victory Sunday in the Sakai mayoral election in Osaka Prefecture has cast a shadow over the political future of brash Nippon Ishin co-leader Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka.
Takeyama, a 63-year-old independent, defeated former Sakai Assemblyman Katsutoshi Nishibayashi, his sole challenger, with the backing of the Democratic Party of Japan and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, early returns showed.
Nishibayashi, 43, was backed by Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party).
The main issue in the election was whether to let prefecture absorb the major cities by turning them into wards, as in Tokyo. Sakai would have been one of those cities.
One of Hashimoto’s main goals is to integrate the city of Osaka with the prefecture, giving it the same administrative structure and status as Tokyo.
PS 週末休みなしで、新たな週に突入しました。〆切り物を複数こなせていなくてスケジュール帳のDoneにtick markを打てない状況が続いています。加えて今日は３コマ。激動の日々が続きます。
