TOKYO: A female Japanese politician has resigned after an audio tape emerged of her violently attacking a male secretary, and reportedly threatening to crush his head with a lead pipe.
Mayuko Toyota, a 42-year-old Harvard graduate and up-and-coming member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), can be heard screaming at the unnamed aide, saying he should die as she mocked his thinning hair. Her 55-year-old secretary can be heard repeatedly apologising and begging the lawmaker to stop kicking and beating him. “Don’t damage my reputation anymore,” Toyota screams, apparently in response to a mistake she claims the man had made.
Published in Daily Times, June 24th, 2017.
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