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Lawmaker shrugs off extramarital affair scandal, retains seat

Lawmaker shrugs off extramarital affair scandal, retains seat

Shiori Yamao, hit by allegations of an extramarital affair, celebrates on Oct. 23, 2017, after retaining her seat in the House of Representatives election the previous day. Yamao, once seen as a rising star, left the opposition Democratic Party following a report on the scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lawmaker shrugs off extramarital affair scandal, retains seat

Lawmaker shrugs off extramarital affair scandal, retains seat

Shiori Yamao, hit by allegations of an extramarital affair, celebrates on Oct. 23, 2017, after retaining her seat in the House of Representatives election the previous day. Yamao, once seen as a rising star, left the opposition Democratic Party following a report on the scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamao to run for general election as independent

Yamao to run for general election as independent

Former lower house lawmaker Shiori Yamao meets with reporters on Sept. 29, 2017, a day after the House of Representatives was dissolved, in the central Japan city of Nagoya. Yamao, who left the main opposition Democratic Party due to allegations that she had an extramarital affair, said she will run in the upcoming general election as an independent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rising-star lawmaker quits main opposition party

Rising-star lawmaker quits main opposition party

Seiji Maehara (L), the recently-installed leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, addresses a meeting of the party's senior lawmakers in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2017. At the meeting, the party decided to accept a letter of resignation tendered by Shiori Yamao after a magazine reported her involvement in an extramarital affair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rising-star lawmaker quits main opposition party

Rising-star lawmaker quits main opposition party

Seiji Maehara (3rd from R), the recently-installed leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, addresses a meeting of the party's senior lawmakers in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2017. At the meeting, the party decided to accept a letter of resignation tendered by Shiori Yamao after a magazine reported her involvement in an extramarital affair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamao leaves opposition Democratic Party over report of affair

Yamao leaves opposition Democratic Party over report of affair

Shiori Yamao, a prosecutor-turned-lawmaker and rising star within the main opposition Democratic Party, bows at the outset of a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2017, after notifying Secretary General Atsushi Oshima of her decision to leave the party following a magazine report that she had an extramarital affair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamao leaves opposition Democratic Party over report of affair

Yamao leaves opposition Democratic Party over report of affair

Shiori Yamao, a prosecutor-turned-lawmaker and rising star within the main opposition Democratic Party, reads out a prepared statement to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2017, after notifying Secretary General Atsushi Oshima of her decision to leave the party following a magazine report that she had an extramarital affair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamao leaves opposition Democratic Party over report of affair

Yamao leaves opposition Democratic Party over report of affair

Shiori Yamao, a prosecutor-turned-lawmaker and rising star within the main opposition Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters before meeting the party's secretary general Atsushi Oshima at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2017. Yamao notified Oshima of her decision to leave the party, after a magazine report that she had an extramarital affair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamao leaves opposition Democratic Party over report of affair

Yamao leaves opposition Democratic Party over report of affair

Shiori Yamao, a prosecutor-turned-lawmaker and rising star within the main opposition Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters before meeting the party's secretary general Atsushi Oshima at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2017. Yamao notified Oshima of her decision to leave the party, after a magazine report that she had an extramarital affair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Opposition lawmaker faces calls to quit over report of affair

Opposition lawmaker faces calls to quit over report of affair

Seiji Maehara, new leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, meets with reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2017, following a magazine report that Shiori Yamao, a prosecutor-turned-lawmaker and rising star within the party, became involved in an extramarital affair. Maehara said that he will question her over the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Opposition lawmaker faces calls to quit over report of affair

Opposition lawmaker faces calls to quit over report of affair

Undated file photo of Shiori Yamao, a prosecutor-turned-lawmaker and rising star within the main opposition Democratic Party. Party sources said on Sept. 7, 2017, that Yamao is considering her future amid calls for her resignation after a magazine report that she had an extramarital affair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo