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Takashi Tachibana Indicted for Spreading False Rumors and Defaming a Deceased Former Prefectural Assembly Member: Asahi Shimbun

Summary by Asahi
On the 28th, the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Takashi Tachibana (58), leader of the political group "Party to Protect the People from NHK," on charges of defamation for allegedly spreading false rumors on social media about Hideaki Takeuchi (then 50), a former Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member who committed suicide, in connection with the whistleblower document scandal in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Takashi Tachibana Indicted for Spreading False Rumors and Defaming a Deceased Former Prefectural Assembly Member: Asahi Shimbun

On the 28th, the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Takashi Tachibana (58), leader of the political group "Party to Protect the People from NHK," on charges of defamation for allegedly spreading false rumors on social media about Hideaki Takeuchi (then 50), a former Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member who committed suicide, in connection with the whistleblower document scandal in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Asahi broke the news in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, November 28, 2025.
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