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YouTuber GaaSyy loses seat for missing Diet sessions

Hidehisa Otsuji, president of Japan's House of Councillors, announces the expulsion of Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy, from the upper house, in Tokyo on March 15, 2023, after it voted to remove the YouTuber for not attending any parliamentary sessions since being elected in 2022. He is the first member of the Diet to be removed since 1951 and the first to be reprimanded for being absent.

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YouTuber GaaSyy loses seat for missing Diet sessions

Supporters of Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy and lives abroad, rally against Japan's House of Councillors' plan to expel the YouTuber from the upper house for not attending any parliamentary sessions since being elected in 2022, in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on March 15, 2023. The parliament voted to expel him later in the day.

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YouTuber GaaSyy loses seat for missing Diet sessions

Japan's House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 15, 2023, vote to expel Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy, from the upper house for not attending any parliamentary sessions since being elected in 2022. He was the first member of the Diet to be removed since 1951 and the first to be reprimanded for being absent.

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YouTuber GaaSyy loses seat for missing Diet sessions

A staff member removes the name plaque of Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by GaaSyy, from his desk in Japan's House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 15, 2023, after the upper house voted to expel the YouTuber from the Diet for not attending any parliamentary sessions since being elected in 2022, making him the first member of the Diet to be removed since 1951.

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YouTuber GaaSyy loses seat for missing Diet sessions

Japan's House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 15, 2023, vote to expel Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy, from the upper house for not attending any parliamentary sessions since being elected in 2022. He was the first member of the Diet to be removed since 1951 and the first to be reprimanded for being absent.

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YouTuber GaaSyy loses seat for missing Diet sessions

A staff member removes the name plaque of Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by GaaSyy, from his desk in Japan's House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 15, 2023, after the upper house voted to expel the YouTuber from the Diet for not attending any parliamentary sessions since being elected in 2022, making him the first member of the Diet to be removed since 1951.

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YouTuber GaaSyy set to lose seat for missing Diet sessions

The disciplinary committee of Japan's upper house unanimously agrees on March 14, 2023, to expel GaaSyy from the Diet, after the YouTuber living abroad failed to comply with the committee's order to apologize in parliament for not attending any of its sessions since his election in 2022.

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YouTuber GaaSyy set to lose seat for missing Diet sessions

The disciplinary committee of Japan's upper house unanimously agrees on March 14, 2023, to expel GaaSyy from the Diet, after the YouTuber living abroad failed to comply with the committee's order to apologize in parliament for not attending any of its sessions since his election in 2022.

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YouTuber-turned-lawmaker ordered to apologize for not attending Diet

The disciplinary committee of Japan's upper house agrees on Feb. 21, 2023, to order GaaSyy, a YouTuber-turned-lawmaker living abroad, to apologize in the Diet for not attending any parliamentary sessions since he was elected in 2022.

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YuTuber Higashitani wins upper house seat

Entertainment insider Yoshikazu Higashitani (on screen), better known as Gaasyy for exposing celebrities on his YouTube channel, celebrates in the early hours of July 11, 2022, after winning his seat in the House of Councillors election on July 10. Takashi Tachibana, head of the party fighting against public broadcaster NHK -- to which Higashitani belongs -- can be seen beside the screen.

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YuTuber Higashitani wins upper house seat

Entertainment insider Yoshikazu Higashitani (on screen), better known as Gaasyy for exposing celebrities on his YouTube channel, celebrates in the early hours of July 11, 2022, after winning his seat in the House of Councillors election on July 10. Takashi Tachibana (C), head of the party fighting against public broadcaster NHK -- to which Higashitani belongs -- can be seen beside the screen.

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YuTuber Higashitani wins upper house seat

Entertainment insider Yoshikazu Higashitani (on screen), better known as Gaasyy for exposing celebrities on his YouTube channel, celebrates in the early hours of July 11, 2022, after winning his seat in the House of Councillors election on July 10. Takashi Tachibana (C), head of the party fighting against public broadcaster NHK -- to which Higashitani belongs -- can be seen beside the screen.