THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 6, 2022 at 18:49 JST
A tweet by Takatora Kobayashi, a Mie prefectural assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, dated Oct. 4, cites Sanae Takaichi, minister in charge of economic security, as the source of a previous tweet which said 80 percent of social media posts opposing the state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came from a neighboring continent. (Tomohiro Yamamoto)
TSU--A Mie prefectural assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party apologized Oct. 6 for posting a series of tweets stating that opposition to the state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe largely came from a “neighboring continent.” [Read More]
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