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  Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Dietman Taizo Sugimura an Idiot After All? (At least he is an ...
Young LDP Diet member Taizo Sugimura (PR, South Kanto) has admitted that a post on his personal blog was plagiarized from the autobiography You Aren’t an Idiot After All.
A post on Lower House member Taizo Sugimura (age 26)’s blog was found to closely resemble the autobiography of popular teacher at the famous exam preparation school Yoyogi Seminar (Keisuke Yoshino, age 39).
Sugimura, who at 26 became one of the youngest Diet members ever when he earned a surprise proportional representation win due to the LDP’s landslide performance in last year’s lower house election.
www.mutantfrog.com /2006/05/23/dietman-taizo-sugimura-an-idiot-after-all-at-least-he-is-an-admitted-plagiarizer   (632 words)

  
  Japan Times: LDP rookie serves self high-class dish of crow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Taizo Sugimura, the youngest of the 83 new Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers elected earlier this month to the House of Representatives, apologized Tuesday for stating he hoped to dine at high-class restaurants during his new career as a Diet politician.
Sugimura, 26, said at a news conference at LDP headquarters that several senior lawmakers have chided him about the "childish and irresponsible" remarks he made after unexpectedly winning in the Sept. 11 election.
Sugimura held the news conference before the LDP's fourth training session for newcomers, which is aimed at keeping them out of the party's factions.
search.japantimes.co.jp /print/news/nn09-2005/nn20050928a8.htm   (283 words)

  
 Japan Today - Shukan Post Watcher - Lawmaker Sugimura continues to have woman trouble
Sugimura's face turned pale and his appearance became unsettled as soon as he heard the woman's name.
Sugimura had told her that he would listen to her problems, and had given her his cell phone number and email address that he "rarely gives out," A recalled.
Sugimura told Miss A that he could get her anything she wanted for her upcoming birthday, except a car, and that he wanted to see her at least once a week.
www.japantoday.com /jp/shukan/336   (1332 words)

  
 The Japan Times Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Sugimura was working as a clerical temp when he stumbled on the web page of the LDP, which was looking for candidates.
Sugimura's Sept. 27 press conference, where he apologized for his remarks, was packed, and the reporters got more than they could hope for.
Sugimura's press conference was attended by 150 people while LDP honcho Mikio Aoki (chairman of the LDP's House of Councilors caucus) was testifying before the Tokyo District Court that he didn't remember receiving a bribe from the Japan Dental Association.
www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fd20051009pb.htm   (1043 words)

  
 'Tongue-tied' Taizo's alleged arm candy denies affair - MSN-Mainichi Daily News
"Tongue-tied" Taizo Sugimura, Japan's youngest Diet member who became one of the country's most adored politicians for bragging about how much money he made as a legislator, is in trouble again, but this time it's supposedly loose morals instead of loose lips that have got him in strife, according to Sunday Mainichi (4/2).
But Taizo can rest easy despite the latest tabloid expose, as the woman supposed to have been on a secret tryst with him in Chinatown has come out, even if she is still keeping her name a secret.
Ex-PM Hata's staff are also quick to dispel any claims of Taizo misbehaving with Miss A. "She already has a partner and suggestions of her cheating are downright rude," a spokesman for the office tells the respectable weekly.
mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp /waiwai/face/archive/news/2006/20060324p2g00m0dm013000c.html   (652 words)

  
 asahi.com:Weekend Beat/ Lavish perks spur interest in political careers - ENGLISH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Of the 83 new backbenchers, Sugimura, 26, is the youngest, and also the youngest in the entire Diet.
Sugimura hit the jackpot by being named an LDP candidate when the party trolled for applicants from among the general public.
However, Sugimura, a University of Tsukuba dropout with few political ties, demonstrated that the old ways are changing.
www.asahi.com /english/Herald-asahi/TKY200511120099.html   (1857 words)

  
 Japan parliament opens doors to 'Koizumi's children' .:. NewKerala - India's Top Online Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
One such candidate was former youth tennis champion Taizo Sugimura, who applied on the LDP's Website on a whim on August 16, the last day of the party's campaign to recruit new candidates.
Sugimura's boyish enthusiasm made him an instant hit with the Japanese media.
Tokyo supermarket manager Junichiro Yasui, 55, was also taken aback to find himself among the new kids on the political block, after agreeing to sign up as an LDP candidate shortly before the election.
www.newkerala.com /newsdaily.php?action=fullnews&id=24562   (486 words)

  
 Effusive freshman lets politicians' pretty-sitting kitty out of the bag - MSN-Mainichi Daily News
Sugimura promptly whipped out an essay in about half an hour, faxed off an application form and received an endorsement certificate from the ruling party, which he proudly boasted would become a family heirloom for centuries.
Sugimura told reporters his campaign consisted of a single speech and he had no campaign office or posters.
Though Sugimura can be comforted in the knowledge that, until the next election at least, he's going to be showered with a whole truckload of creature comforts, LDP honchos are furious at his over-enthusiastic reaction to becoming a member of the government.
mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp /waiwai/face/archive/news/2005/20050923p2g00m0dm006000c.html   (711 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | MP learns swift lesson about perks
Japan's youngest MP has made a humiliating and tearful apology for drawing attention to parliament's generous pay and perks.
Taizo Sugimura, 26, with no headquarters and no campaign posters, was unexpectedly elected two weeks ago in the landslide won by the prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi.
Then, under their watchful eyes, a disconsolate Mr Sugimura told a televised press conference that he was "deeply sorry" for his "childish and irresponsible" comments.
news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/29/wjapan29.xml   (136 words)

  
 papa no ibasho
The above is an article about newly-elected Dietman (Representative in the Japan national legislature) Taizo Sugimura who is … extremely impressed by his own salary, apartment, and other perks that come with his public office.
Sugimura has been taken behind the woodshed by his senior LDPers and has apopologized for his obnoxious remarks.
Taizo, the accidental lawmaker, apologizes for ill-suited remarks (AP) (2005, September 28).
ibasho.blogspot.com   (1919 words)

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