Raging Japan mayor calls city official idiot, suggests burning down building

A mayor in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo is in hot water for calling a senior city official "stupid" and suggesting the official "burn down" a local building that stood in the way of the construction of a new road."All that has been reported by the media is true. I deeply regret such unforgivable behavior," the apologetic Akashi city Mayor Fusaho Izumi said at a press conference on Tuesday.In the heated exchange in June 2017, a raging Izumi reportedly told the official to burn the building which was home to businesses and residences.He was not, however, literally instructing the …READ FULL ARTICLE