Celebrity lawmakers attend upper house session for 1st time

Celebrity lawmakers attend upper house session for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Kyosen Ohashi, a former TV personality and member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), speaks to reporters in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 7. Ohashi was one of several celebrity politicians who attended their first Diet session since being elected to the House of Councillors in the July 29 poll.

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