THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 6, 2022 at 15:15 JST
Kenta Izumi, left, the head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, directs a question Oct. 5 to Lower House Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda, right. (Koichi Ueda)
A ruckus erupted in the Diet on Oct. 5 when the leader of the main opposition party ignored protocol and peppered the speaker of the Lower House chamber with questions about his ties to the Unification Church instead of addressing the assembled lawmakers directly. [Read More]
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