The mayor of Ikeda in Osaka, Japan, has offered to resign from his post after receiving backlash for setting up a personal sauna next to his office.
Mayor Hikori Tomita brought his home sauna, as well as gym equipment, to the city’s government building last year, as per Kyodo News yesterday, April 26.
Tomita had previously claimed that he had the sauna installed for “health reasons.” In a press conference yesterday, he stated that he would be stepping down to “take responsibility,” but only after the city’s COVID-19 vaccination program for elderly people is largely completed.
The mayor, who has been in the position since April 2019, was criticized for apparently misusing the…
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