Chef Katsuya Fukushima

FUKUOKA -- Ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) legislator Seiichi Ota has branded Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Mizuho Fukushima as an "ultra-leftist" in a New Year speech. "There are ultra-leftist lawyers and some of them are serving as legislators. One of them heads a political party," Ota, a former Management and Coordination Agency director general," told a New Year gathering of his supporters in Fukuoka on Sunday. He made the remarks when he underscored the importance of anti...Read Full Story

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