#hyogo — Public Fediverse posts

Three people, including a former executive of a now-defunct nonprofit organization that supported those with incurable diseases, were arrested in Japan on suspicion of brokering an overseas organ transplant for fees. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/08/japan/crime-legal/organ-transplant-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #hyogo #aichi #health #transplants #tokyo

Takashi Tachibana, leader of the NHK Party, has been indicted by the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office for allegedly defaming a former Hyogo prefectural assembly member who apparently committed suicide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/crime-legal/tachibana-indictment-defamation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #takashitachibana #motohikosaito #hyogo #japanesepolice #suicide #nhkparty

Police arrested Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group that criticizes NHK, in a libel case that involved the suicide of a Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/japan/politics/anti-nhk-political-group-head-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takashitachibana #nhk #hyogo #japanesepolice #misinformation

The Hyogo arm of Nippon Ishin no Kai says it will expel prefectural assembly member Minoru Kishiguchi for inappropriately providing information to Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/27/japan/politics/ishin-hyogo-expulsion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #minorukishiguchi #makotomasuyama #motohikosaito #takashitachibana #hyogo #nipponishinnokai #powerharassment

A Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member from Nippon Ishin no Kai has offered to leave the party for questionable acts data related to a probe of Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/23/japan/politics/hyogo-politian-quits-ishin-over-data/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nipponishinnokai #hyogo #motohikosaito #takashitachibana #nhkparty #localgovernment

Two Hyogo Prefectural Assembly members from the Nippon Ishin no Kai have resigned from a panel investigating alleged harassment by Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito after leaking information from the probe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/21/japan/politics/ishin-hyogo-resignation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nipponishinnokai #hyogo #takashitachibana #motohikosaito #powerharassment

Nippon Ishin no Kai has said that a Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member from the party has admitted his involvement in providing key documents to the leader of the controversial NHK Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/20/japan/politics/ishin-admission-nhk-papers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #hyogo #motohikosaito #nipponishinnokai #takashitachibana

Hideaki Takeuchi, a former Hyogo assemblyman who had taken part in investigations over workplace bullying allegations against Gov. Motohiko Saito that emerged last year, has died in an apparent suicide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/20/japan/crime-legal/hyogo-takeuchi-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hideakitakeuchi #motohikosaito #takashitachibana #hyogo #suicide