THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 6, 2022 at 15:15 JST
Daishiro Yamagiwa, the state minister in charge of economic revitalization, speaks at the Oct. 5 Lower House plenary session. (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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