Diet member who handed letter to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Yamamoto, an independent House of Councillors member, is seen after holding talks with the chairman of the upper house steering committee at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2013. Yamamoto, who handed a letter to Emperor Akihito at a garden party in the previous week, told the chairman he will not step down despite harsh criticism that his act was a grievous breach of protocol.

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