Diet calls on scandal-hit lawmaker Nishimura to quit

Diet calls on scandal-hit lawmaker Nishimura to quit

TOKYO, Japan - Shingo Nishimura, a member of the House of Representatives, is surrounded by reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on March 17 after the lower house adopted a nonbinding resolution urging Nishimura, an independent, to resign as lawmaker due to allegations that he violated the Lawyers Law.

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