Japan's "Jo Baiden" gains fame after Joe Biden's U.S. election victory

The mayor of a small Japanese town has become an internet sensation after it was noticed that the characters of his name can be read as "Jo Baiden," phonetically the same as the name of the winner of the U.S. presidential election.Yutaka Umeda, 73, who heads the town of Yamato in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, was caught by surprise when his family told him that the alternative reading of his name has drawn attention online."I feel very close to him. It feels as though I've also won the election after hearing about (Democratic nominee Joe Biden's) projected win" against incumbent…READ FULL ARTICLE