In spring 2015, Tokyo’s Ota Ku elected an otaku named Minoru Ogino to its municipal council.
He’s the Ota Ku otaku.
Specifically, its International Cosplay Popularization Council is receiving a 350,000-yen (US$3,400) grant from the Ota Ward government.
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