Sankei wrote from Los Angeles on Saturday that the mayor of San Francisco is likely to make a final decision on whether to accept the proposed donation of a set of comfort women statues erected by a Chinese-American civic group this week. The article speculated that the mayor will probably not veto the motion that was adopted unanimously by the city assembly to accept the donation. As a result, Osaka Mayor Yoshimura may decide to end the sister-city relationship between San Francisco and Osaka as he has warned.