DPJ's Nishimura arrested for violating Attorneys Law

OSAKA, Japan - Shingo Nishimura, a House of Representatives member of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, leaves his home in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 28 to head for the Osaka prefectural police headquarters. Nishimura was later arrested for allegedly allowing a former employee at his law office to use his name as a lawyer in violation of the Attorneys Law.

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