THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 16, 2023 at 15:57 JST
The nameplate of former lawmaker “GaaSyy” is removed from his desk in the Upper House chamber on March 15, after lawmakers voted to formally boot him from the Diet. (Koichi Ueda)
Tokyo police are pursuing a warrant to arrest former Diet politician Yoshikazu Higashitani on suspicion he violated Japan’s penal code by threatening celebrities in salacious gossip videos he published online under the pseudonym “GaaSyy.” [Read More]
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