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Japan PM grilled over glamor dancers

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Published: 19:20, 13 March 2024  
Japan PM grilled over glamor dancers

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been grilled by lawmakers over glamor dancers.

Grilled by opposition MPs on Wednesday about the scandal, Kishida said on Wednesday that the event “doesn't match the cabinet's goal of diversity”.

A gathering of ruling party members was held at which scantily clad female dancers were reportedly told to use their mouths to receive cash tips.

Footage leaked from the event in November organised by a regional chapter of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) showed women in what appeared to be swimsuits dancing and sitting on participants' laps.

The women came from a troupe called Glamor Dancers and were obliged to use their mouths to receive banknotes hanging from those of the participants, media reports said.

One of the organisers, Tetsuya Kawabata, later sought to defend the event by saying that the presence of the "go-go dancers" were intended to ensure "diversity".
 

Dhaka/Mukul