Teenager assaults DPJ lawmaker Maeda in Aichi Pref.

Teenager assaults DPJ lawmaker Maeda in Aichi Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Yukichi Maeda tells how he was assaulted by an 18-year-old youth Oct. 28 while making a speech in front of Gakuden Station on the Nagoya Railroad Line in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. According to the police, the teenager hit the 42-year-old lawmaker from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the stomach and twisted his right hand. Maeda was uninjured.

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