During Diet member Nonomura Ryutaro’s press conference, which he held to assert his own innocence after allegedly using government money to reimburse his own travel expenses to hot springs and other locations, the politician completely broke down, ranting about his personal integrity, leaving sentences half-finished, and wailing loudly. This month, netizens both in Japan and abroad delighted at the viral video of a Japanese politician weeping openly at a press conference after he was accused of fraudulent use of government funds.
