By YUSUKE SAITO/ Staff Writer
May 9, 2022 at 17:51 JST
Former Diet member Yasuo Yamashita was arrested on May 8 on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining Shinkansen tickets by pretending to still be a lawmaker. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
NAGOYA--A slip-up at a train station led to the arrest of a former lawmaker who is suspected of fraudulently obtaining Shinkansen tickets by pretending he was still a Diet member, police said May 8. [Read More]
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