Yoshino River
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The Yoshino River is a Class A river on the island of Shikoku, Japan. It is 194 km long and has a watershed of 3,750 km2. It is the second longest river in Shikoku, and is the only river whose watersh
Yoshino Daiju Dam
Pork barrel
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Pork barrel, or simply pork, is a metaphor for allocating government spending to localized projects in the representative's district or for securing direct expenditures primarily serving the sole inte
Yoshino River
…registering a "no" vote and only 9,367 (8.22%) giving a "yes" vote (1.64% of votes were deemed invalid). This was considered unusual in a country where pork barrel public works projects were common and often welcomed by locals in provincial areas. Ironically, one author has argued that because of earlier local…
1917 cartoon from the New York World
Pork barrels delivered by pack mule (1861)