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Head of key Japan opposition party admits extra-marital affair

2024.11.10 20:18

TOKYO (Reuters) – Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime minister on Monday (NASDAQ:), said a tabloid report about his extra-marital affair was “basically true”.

© Reuters. Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition Democratic Party for the People (DPP), speaks at an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan November 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

“I apologise for the trouble caused,” the head of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) told reporters at a hastily called news conference after tabloid SmartFlash reported the affair on Monday.

“The facts reported this morning are basically true.”



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