Tomu Tanigawa’s Divorce Remarks Under Fire Amid Ex-Wife’s Arrest for Corona Loan Scam

On April 5, LDP Representative Tomu Tanigawa was questioned by the House of Representatives Legal Affairs Committee about a proposed amendment to the Civil Code that would introduce joint custody after divorce.

He said, “Unless there are special circumstances, such as domestic violence or abuse, it would be healthier for society to make it harder for people to get divorced.

No one benefits from divorce. “I think it is better to live in a society where it is difficult to get divorced, considering the children’s welfare.

This was met with a flare-up of controversy not only from the opposition parties, but also on the Internet.

Speaking of Tanigawa, when he appeared on “Abema TV” in 2006, he said of same-sex marriage, “I don’t mean to say that I don’t approve of diversity.

I don’t mean that I don’t approve of diversity, but there is no need to make it a law. （I think homosexuality is like a hobby.

Tanigawa’s views on same-sex marriage were controversial, as he said, “I don’t disapprove of diversity, but there is no need to make it a law.

In X and other media, images and articles of Tanigawa’s past attendance at meetings of groups affiliated with the former Unification Church have been rehashed, with accusations such as “I knew it” and “He was a member of the pot caucus. “I knew it,” “He was a pot-bellied councilor,” etc. Because of the similarity in ideology between the Unification Church and Tanigawa, there was some talk that he was “suspicious.

On the other hand, although he says, “In a world where it is hard to get divorced,” Tanigawa himself remarried a normal woman in 2006 and has two children. In fact, his first marriage was to someone who was “famous” in a sense.

On November 4, 2002, he wrote on his SNS

I got married to Ms. Yoshiba Mika. The ceremony began with a video letter from Prime Minister Abe, followed by a congratulatory speech from MEXT Minister Shimomura Hirofumi, who took time out of his busy schedule to attend the ceremony.

It is written as follows.

Yoshiba Mika is a former city council member of Neyagawa City who was indicted for abusing the loan system of the Independent Administrative Institution “Welfare and Medical Care Organization” (Tokyo) and defrauding a medical corporation and others out of a total of 291.4 million yen from ’20 to ’21.

She is also known for having published a photo book in the past as “the city councilor who is too beautiful. Tanigawa married Yoshiba in 2002, and their first son was born in 2003. They divorced in 2004.

At the time of their divorce, Yoshiba claimed on his blog that Tanigawa had “verbally and financially abused” him. However, Mr. Tanigawa said, “DV is outrageous. He has never laid a hand on her, never been unfaithful to her, and even gave her his credit cards. Tanigawa is happy in his new life because he is divorced, but it is questionable to claim that he is “making the world more difficult to divorce. ……

In addition to the Corona loan scam, Yoshiba also promoted a virtual currency called “TOS” on his blog in 2005. He claimed to have lifted the ban on information about the involvement of Samsung and Toyota, but this turned out to be complete nonsense, and he was inundated with criticism. The blog was immediately deleted.

Yoshiba is also suspected of starting a company called “Potential” and sponsoring the mixed martial arts event “RIZIN. It was hard to believe that he was just a local city councilor.

Although arrested, Yoshiba’s picture still appears on the company’s Instagram page.

The former couple, Tanigawa and Yoshiba, are now leading different lives. The more I get to know them, the more I think about “divorce. ……