Upper house bars Yamamoto from imperial events

Upper house bars Yamamoto from imperial events

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Yamamoto, an independent upper house member, attends a plenary session of the House of Councillors at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2013. Yamamoto, an antinuclear activist at the center of a controversy for handing a letter to Emperor Akihito the previous week, was banned by the chamber the same day from attending ceremonies and other events related to the imperial family.

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