"It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."
— Alice Liddell from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
Six months have passed since Toru Hashimoto announced that when his term as Osaka mayor ends next month, he would retire from politics. Few believe him, but the utterance was in character, reflecting Hashimoto's penchant for surprising allies and enemies.
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