Pressure increases on Suzuki

Pressure increases on Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-hit lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (C) is surrounded by reporters after a House of Representatives plenary session March 12. Suzuki is under growing pressure to leave the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Diet, for his unsolicited involvement in Foreign Ministry affairs.

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