Ex-SDP lawmaker Tsujimoto to run for upper house as independent

Ex-SDP lawmaker Tsujimoto to run for upper house as independent

OSAKA, Japan - Disgraced former Social Democratic Party lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto tells reporters in Osaka on June 14 she will run in the upcoming upper house election on July 11 as an independent. Tsujimoto, once a rising star in the opposition party, was convicted of defrauding the state of secretaries' salaries.

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