OSAKA -- Osaka Mayor-elect Junichi Seki said Monday he will do his utmost to remedy the city's problems.
"The results of the election show that people in Osaka trust me to manage the city properly," he said.
The city's woes range from fiscal debts to a surge in the number of homeless people. Seki, a former vice mayor, will assume the post Dec. 19. He has promised to announce basic plans to reform the city's bureaucracy by the end of the year.
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