Tatsumi is against the Osaka Casino Plan. As you know, the Ishin Party, Komeito and LDP are trying to build a casino, but there are a lot of problems with this casino. One of the problems is the land. Another problem is that a casino in Osaka can only be built if MGM and Orix apply to the government and the government approves it, but as of December last year the government had not yet approved it. This is because, in addition to the soft ground problem mentioned above, soil contamination by PCBs has been confirmed. When Yoshio Yamashita, a Communist Party member of the House of Councilors, raised the issue, the government hastily set up a team of experts on soil contamination issues and is currently investigating. The land on which the casino is planned to be built is soft ground, and piles must be driven very deep (I forgot to note it, but I think it was 90 meters). Even so, subsidence is inevitable. The Kansai New Airport is already experiencing subsidence, and Osaka Prefecture is trying to build a high-rise hotel and casino in a similar location, that is, a place where it is already known that the ground will subside. The second problem is money. The site where the casino is planned to be built is in Konohana-ku, Osaka City, and Universal Studios Japan is nearby. The land for Universal Studios Japan is estimated at 400,000-500,000 yen per square meter, but three of the four companies that Osaka Prefecture obtained competitive bids for submitted estimates for the casino's real estate of 120,000 yen per square meter. It seems that Mayor Matsui put pressure on them in advance. "Please don't use the repurposed land as a 'casino' or 'hotel', but rather calculate and value the real estate as something like an AEON Mall, which would be about 120,000 yen," Mayor Matsui asked the real estate appraiser. This was reported by the Akahata Sunday Edition. Who would profit from this? It would have to be the Ishin Party. If this isn't suspicious, then what else can you call it! Mayor Matsui is said to be saying "If there is suspicion, provide evidence," but isn't the fact that three of the four companies have paid the same amount of money evidence in the first place? Isn't Mayor Matsui responsible for explaining? That's the argument. I've always hated the Restoration Party. I thought they were shady and untrustworthy, but there are a lot of stupid people in Osaka who are lookistic and say things like "Yoshimura is handsome" and "Hashimoto is good at talking." There are a lot of fans of the Restoration Party. Maybe stupid Osaka people don't understand how much the budget for science and culture, that is, education, has been cut because of the Restoration Party. Maybe they just think that making money is enough. But even so, the Osaka Metropolitan Government Plan was rejected because there were a lot of votes against it, so I was relieved that the people of Osaka Prefecture weren't so stupid after all. However, when it comes to casinos, it seems that there are a lot of people who only think, "If Osaka makes money, isn't it okay?" Speaking as an ordinary citizen, if we have money to build a casino, we should use it for education and welfare. After the anti-casino talk, we left Osaka and talked about the issue of tax increases. The fool Kishida says we should increase taxes to pay for the 4 trillion yen military expansion budget, but according to Tatsumi, if we had 4 trillion, we could make all university and graduate school tuition free. If we are concerned about the future of the nation, I think history proves that we should spend money on education rather than on military equipment. And finally, we delved into the issue of collusion between the Unification Church and the LDP. At this convention, Tatsumi repeatedly said, "We must make Seto a candidate in the unified local elections," so I listened to him thinking, "What are you going to do instead? You're a ronin, aren't you?", and then in the evening news it was reported that Tatsumi was running for governor of Osaka. If that's the case, he should have said so at the convention. Well, there must have been an order, but it was probably also an order to support Seto Kazumasa. Even the Communist Party is cautious about seniority... Seto seems like the kind of person who would be concerned about seniority. I support the Communist Party, or rather Tatsumi, but the party's future doesn't look bright. Seto needs to retire and let young people take over. I'm thinking about moving my residency to Osaka to gain the right to vote in the Osaka gubernatorial election.



Tatsumi is against the Osaka Casino Plan. As you know, the Ishin Party, Komeito and LDP are trying to build a casino, but there are a lot of problems with this casino. One of the problems is the land. Another problem is that a casino in Osaka can only be built if MGM and Orix apply to the government and the government approves it, but as of December last year the government had not yet approved it. This is because, in addition to the soft ground problem mentioned above, soil contamination by PCBs has been confirmed. When Yoshio Yamashita, a Communist Party member of the House of Councilors, raised the issue, the government hastily set up a team of experts on soil contamination issues and is currently investigating. The land on which the casino is planned to be built is soft ground, and piles must be driven very deep (I forgot to note it, but I think it was 90 meters). Even so, subsidence is inevitable. The Kansai New Airport is already experiencing subsidence, and Osaka Prefecture is trying to build a high-rise hotel and casino in a similar location, that is, a place where it is already known that the ground will subside. The second problem is money. The site where the casino is planned to be built is in Konohana-ku, Osaka City, and Universal Studios Japan is nearby. The land for Universal Studios Japan is estimated at 400,000-500,000 yen per square meter, but three of the four companies that Osaka Prefecture obtained competitive bids for submitted estimates for the casino's real estate of 120,000 yen per square meter. It seems that Mayor Matsui put pressure on them in advance. "Please don't use the repurposed land as a 'casino' or 'hotel', but rather calculate and value the real estate as something like an AEON Mall, which would be about 120,000 yen," Mayor Matsui asked the real estate appraiser. This was reported by the Akahata Sunday Edition. Who would profit from this? It would have to be the Ishin Party. If this isn't suspicious, then what else can you call it! Mayor Matsui is said to be saying "If there is suspicion, provide evidence," but isn't the fact that three of the four companies have paid the same amount of money evidence in the first place? Isn't Mayor Matsui responsible for explaining? That's the argument. I've always hated the Restoration Party. I thought they were shady and untrustworthy, but there are a lot of stupid people in Osaka who are lookistic and say things like "Yoshimura is handsome" and "Hashimoto is good at talking." There are a lot of fans of the Restoration Party. Maybe stupid Osaka people don't understand how much the budget for science and culture, that is, education, has been cut because of the Restoration Party. Maybe they just think that making money is enough. But even so, the Osaka Metropolitan Government Plan was rejected because there were a lot of votes against it, so I was relieved that the people of Osaka Prefecture weren't so stupid after all. However, when it comes to casinos, it seems that there are a lot of people who only think, "If Osaka makes money, isn't it okay?" Speaking as an ordinary citizen, if we have money to build a casino, we should use it for education and welfare. After the anti-casino talk, we left Osaka and talked about the issue of tax increases. The fool Kishida says we should increase taxes to pay for the 4 trillion yen military expansion budget, but according to Tatsumi, if we had 4 trillion, we could make all university and graduate school tuition free. If we are concerned about the future of the nation, I think history proves that we should spend money on education rather than on military equipment. And finally, we delved into the issue of collusion between the Unification Church and the LDP. At this convention, Tatsumi repeatedly said, "We must make Seto a candidate in the unified local elections," so I listened to him thinking, "What are you going to do instead? You're a ronin, aren't you?", and then in the evening news it was reported that Tatsumi was running for governor of Osaka. If that's the case, he should have said so at the convention. Well, there must have been an order, but it was probably also an order to support Seto Kazumasa. Even the Communist Party is cautious about seniority... Seto seems like the kind of person who would be concerned about seniority. I support the Communist Party, or rather Tatsumi, but the party's future doesn't look bright. Seto needs to retire and let young people take over. I'm thinking about moving my residency to Osaka to gain the right to vote in the Osaka gubernatorial election.