Firing up voters.

The article looks at the political career of Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka, Japan. Topics include Japan's growing opposition to nuclear power, the public's disenchantment with the government following the Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster in 2011, the popularity of Hashimoto's political party Osaka Ishin-no Kai, and his efforts to prevent the reopening of nuclear energy facilities.