Tōru Hashimoto

is a Japanese TV personality, politician, and lawyer. He is a former governor of Osaka Prefecture and mayor of City of Osaka. He is a founder of Nippon Ishin no Kai and the Osaka Restoration Association. He is one of Japan's leading right-wing conservative-populist politicians.

Hashimoto does not believe that Korean comfort women who served as sex workers for the Japanese military during World War II were recruited by force. Provided by Wikipedia