Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (far R, facing the camera), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, is seen ahead of a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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