LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

OSAKA, Japan - Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party, speaks to reporters in Osaka on July 4, 2014. Uenishi said Hideo Onishi, a lower house member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, admitted earlier in the day to having heckled her by telling her to "get married and have children," during a Diet committee meeting in April, and apologized to her on the phone.

LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

OSAKA, Japan - Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party, speaks to reporters in Osaka on July 4, 2014. Uenishi said Hideo Onishi, a lower house member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, admitted earlier in the day to having heckled her by telling her to "get married and have children," during a Diet committee meeting in April, and apologized to her on the phone.

Sexist heckling at Diet

Sexist heckling at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party. Uenishi, 31, said July 3, 2014, she was subjected to sexist heckling during a Diet committee meeting in April, in an incident similar to one that rocked the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in June.

Tokyo DisneySea marks 10th anniversary

Tokyo DisneySea marks 10th anniversary

CHIBA, Japan - Oriental Land Co. President Kyoichiro Uenishi (front), Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse head to a ceremony at Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2011, as the theme park celebrates the 10th anniversary of its opening.

Hashimoto to expel lawmaker who skipped Diet vote on budget

Hashimoto to expel lawmaker who skipped Diet vote on budget

Undated photo shows Sayuri Uenishi, a member of the House of Representatives from the opposition Japan Innovation Party. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said April 4, 2015, he will expel from his political group the 31-year-old Uenishi who had skipped a vote on the state budget while being found to have dined out or traveled before and after it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo DisneySea marks 10th anniversary

Tokyo DisneySea marks 10th anniversary

CHIBA, Japan - Oriental Land Co. President Kyoichiro Uenishi (front), Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse head to a ceremony at Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2011, as the theme park celebrates the 10th anniversary of its opening. (Kyodo)

LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

LDP Diet member admits sexist heckling at committee meeting

OSAKA, Japan - Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party, speaks to reporters in Osaka on July 4, 2014. Uenishi said Hideo Onishi, a lower house member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, admitted earlier in the day to having heckled her by telling her to "get married and have children," during a Diet committee meeting in April, and apologized to her on the phone. (Kyodo)

JAL unveils plane painted with Disney characters

JAL unveils plane painted with Disney characters

Japan Airlines Co. President Yuji Akasaka (L) and Kyoichiro Uenishi, president of Oriental Land Co., which operates Tokyo Disney Resort, cut the ribbon at a ceremony at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 22, 2018, to unveil a JAL Boeing 767-300ER passenger jet with Disney-themed livery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo