Diet speaker apologizes for disparaging lawmakers' pay | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Lower House Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda is apologizing for saying the monthly salary of Diet members is “only” 1 million yen ($7,700).

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