OSAKA – A joint panel set up by Osaka’s prefectural and municipal governments has approved a so-called Osaka metropolis plan to reorganize the city into four special wards governed directly by the prefecture in 2025.
Following Thursday’s approval, the city of Osaka is planning to hold a second referendum on the metropolis initiative early next November. In May 2015, voters in the city rejected the structural reform by a slim margin.
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