Japan's ‘Jo Baiden’ becomes netizen's new favourite trend after US presidential election

A Japanese mayor became an overnight internet sensation following US Presidential election after it was discovered his name could be prounced as 'Jo Baiden'. 73-year-old Yutaka Umeda, who is mayor of Yamato, a small town in south-west of country became a trending topic over weekend after people realised his name showed a resemblance to  new president-elect of US Joe Biden.

In Japanese Kanji characters, which descend from Chinese characters, Yutaka Umeda's last name can be read as "ume" and "da", but also as "bai" (prounced "buy") and "den". single character for his first name, Yutaka, is more commonly prounced as "jo".

Japanese mayor did t recognise his uniques connection with Biden until his relatives informed him that his name was trending on microblogging site Twitter, according to reports. Umeda said he felt a t-too-distant connection, however, suddenness of discovery has left him a little perplexed, according to a Japanese newspaper.

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Japan PM congratulates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Meanwhile,  Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga was among first world leaders to congratulate President-elect Biden and Vice-president-elect Kamala Harris shortly after ir victory was anunced on Saturday.

Taking to Twitter he wrote: "Warm congratulations to @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. I look forward to working with you to furr strengn Japan-US Alliance and ensure peace, freedom, and prosperity in Indo-Pacific region and beyond."

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