Voters unleashed their pent-up frustration at the central government's handling of the novel coronavirus by casting ballots against Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's close aide and former public safety chief Hachiro Okonogi in the Yokohama mayoral election Sunday.The focus of the local election was initially on the port city's bid to host a casino after Japan legalized their operation as part of so-called integrated resorts in 2018.But as the highly contagious Delta variant put a strain on the country's medical system, bringing Kanagawa Prefecture where Yokohama is located under a st…READ FULL ARTICLE
