thejapantimes, Some Japanese lawmakers have recently been found to have employed local assembly members as their state-paid secretaries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/22/japan/politics/lawmakers-secretaries-assembly-members/?utm_content=buffercdf13&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #diet #ldp #nipponishinnokai #cdp