The scantily clad female dancers were reportedly told to use their mouths to receive cash tips.
TOKYO - Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was grilled by lawmakers on March 13 about a gathering of ruling party members at which scantily clad female dancers were reportedly told to use their mouths to receive cash tips.
One of the organisers, Mr Tetsuya Kawabata, later sought to defend the event by saying that the presence of the “go-go dancers” was intended to ensure “diversity”. The episode is embarrassing for the LDP – which has governed almost uninterrupted for decades – as it seeks to get more women into the male-dominated world of politics.
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