Ishin No Kai (Coalition government member) local assemblyman embezzles 7 million yen (including 1.7M from a Children’s assocation) to spend on pachinko and escort clubs

https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/214876?page=1

14 Comments

  1. When I was a kid, people around me used to say the Japanese are all trustworthy hardworking honest people. What happened to that? Or was I fed pro-Japanese propaganda?

  2. This guy Japans. Go ahead and bow you head profusely and promise to never do it again. All will be forgiven and forgotten! Heck, you can even stage a comeback with surging popularity in a few years.

  3. ClessxAlghazanth on

    So,they are jailed and money is compensated,right??

    Ishin is the worst thing after Aso in Jp politics
    braindead sanseito fascists are trying too

  4. godziIIasweirdfriend on

    They really chose the best possible picture to accompany this article, didn’t they?

    His words say, “I apologise deeply” but his face says, “you guys get it.”

  5. Illegal and borderline legal shit like this is why people are super unhappy with suggestions like charging per bag trash fees when we already pay taxes.

  6. South-Shopping-8368 on

    I think the LDP is going to ditch Ishin. What they have been doing over the past few months has been a complete joke.