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Cabinet member exits after tryst is exposed

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshitada Konoike resigned May 13 for "personal reasons" after a magazine hit newsstands with a full account of a trip he and a lover took to a hot-spring resort, during which he used a special JR pass that lets Diet members ride the shinkansen for free.

Shukan Shincho exposed the three-day rendezvous between the married Konoike and a woman at the Atami resort in Shizuoka Prefecture, where they played golf and dined in high style from April 28 to 30. That was around the time the government started scrambling to deal with swine flu concerns.

The magazine said he used a free JR pass for Diet members that is supposed to be used only for official duties and quotes the 68-year-old Konoike as admitting to both having an affair with the woman and to using the train pass for the trip. (The Japan Times)

Shukan ST: May 22, 2009

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National News Cabinet member exits after tryst is exposed Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshitada Konoike resigned May 13 for "personal reasons" after a magazine hit newsstands with a full account of a trip he and a lover took to a hot-spring resort, during which he used a special JR pass that lets Diet members ride the shinkansen for free. Shukan Shincho exposed the three-day rendezvous between the married Konoike and a woman at the Atami resort in Shizuoka Prefecture, where they played golf and dined in high style from April 28 to 30. That was around the time the government started scrambling to deal with swine flu concerns. The magazine said he used a free JR pass for Diet members that is supposed to be used only for official duties and quotes the 68-year-old Konoike as admitting to both having an affair with the woman and to using the train pass for the trip. (The Japan Times) Shukan ST: May 22, 2009 (C) All rights reserved