Kirk here. “Mayors of nine major cities — Chiba, Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Niigata, Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, Nagoya, Osaka, Okayama, Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture and Kumamoto — admitted to having had links.” Unfortunately, this article only scratches the surface in regard to Kumamoto. I’m planning to post more information about this later. Don’t touch that dial! (Note for young folks: This is a reference to a time when analogue TV channels were actually changed with a dial. :) )