The Musashino City Councilor of the Constitutional Democratic Party, who was exposed to a “suspicious letter with a close-up photo of himself with a beautiful woman,” says he regrets what he did.
This April, the once-every-four-year local elections will be held. The pre-election season is a time when the political parties and their candidates are engaged in their scheming and scheming, and one can say that a “suspicious letter” is a typical pre-election tradition. The sources of these documents are unknown and their authenticity is questionable, while others are so specific in their contents that one can only assume they were created by a familiar figure.
To all those involved with the Musashino City Constitutional Democratic Party
The editorial department of this magazine also received a suspicious letter with a photograph concerning a city council member. The letter is said to be about Taro Yabuhara, 49, a city councilor of Musashino City, Tokyo, who belongs to the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. The letter accuses Yabuhara, who has a wife and child, of having a “man-woman relationship” with a woman living in Tokyo, Ms. A. The author of the letter is not named. The name of the author of the document is not given.
Taro Yabuhara, a member of the Musashino City Council
(Ward X) Ms. A
I know that both of you have families. We would like to ask for an explanation of their relationship and will send the document to their respective offices. Please inspect them.
In the suspicious letter, a man with short hair, who appears to be Mr. Yabuhara, puts his cheek against the face of a beautiful woman, who appears to be of the same generation, and puts his arm around her body. The two are too close to be “just friends.
Mr. A used to live in Musashino City and work as a volunteer campaign staffer for the candidates of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and other parties. She is still working as an election volunteer for other Tokyo assembly members of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
