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The story
It was revealed on the 24th, at a press conference, that Taisuke Hayashi, an assembly member from the Liberal Democratic Party’s prefectural caucus — the largest bloc in the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly — had repeatedly posted attacks under an anonymous account called “Mimizu-ya-san,” targeting both the assembly member who exposed a money-for-favors scandal and reports covering the broader assembly controversy. His identity came to light after the same phrasing turned up on his own official account, prompting Hayashi to apologize. On 5channel, posters pointed out the irony of how the mix-up exposed him and how Hayashi himself had voted in favor of measures to combat online harassment, though some comments veered into partisan labeling.
Regarding the money-for-favors scandal in the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly, Taisuke Hayashi — a member of the LDP prefectural caucus, the assembly’s largest bloc — spoke to reporters on the 24th and revealed that he had used an anonymous account on X (Twitter) to post attacks targeting the assembly member who exposed the scandal.
He had also repeatedly attacked posts that referenced the broader assembly controversy. Asked whether he had tried to steer public opinion while concealing his identity, he said, “I’m well aware that’s what I did,” and apologized: “I recognize this was inappropriate conduct, and I offer my sincere apologies.”
According to Hayashi, the anonymous X account was named “Mimizu-ya-san” (since deleted). It had posted mockingly about assembly member Motoaki Yoshimatsu — who exposed the money-for-favors scandal — after Yoshimatsu was covered by a weekly magazine over an unrelated matter. The account also repeatedly quote-posted content covering the scandal and assembly controversy with jabs like “lol, this guy doesn’t even realize he’s riding the old media’s coattails” and “pathetic writer, staking his life on toilet-wall graffiti.” Online, people had already been speculating that the anonymous account belonged to Hayashi.
Source: mainichi.jp / Original article here
What people said
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Ugh… For him to still be sucking up like a lackey at this point, there must be a serious payoff in it for him (lol)
Every time I see someone slip up like this, I wonder why people manage multiple accounts on one phone. If an account posts stuff that'd be disastrous if exposed, just run it from a separate device — you could grab a cheap phone for like 10,000 yen.
Guess that's exactly it.
It's messed up.
He was slinging insults from an anonymous side account called "Mimizu-ya," then slipped up and used the same phrase Mimizu-ya used — "love hotel cheer squad" — on his own official account, which is how he got busted.
He admitted it himself on a live evening broadcast yesterday (Mentai Wide). There's footage on Yahoo News too.
Yeah, there's no wiggling out of that one. He's the only one dumb enough to use a phrase like "love hotel cheer squad."
Maybe he's got other stuff that'd be way worse if it came out, and doesn't want people digging further into this?
He's going out of his way with a weird excuse, after all:
> He stressed, "Aside from this incident, I don't believe I've ever acted in a way unbecoming of an assemblyman."
What a dumb excuse (lol). Explain to me exactly how hiding your identity to hurl insults is supposed to calm anything down.
(Face twisted in agony) "This… is the only way!" → "Yo, love hotel cheer squad! (lol)"
The fact that this guy represents the people of Fukuoka as their assemblyman is seriously messed up.
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That's awful… not just as an assemblyman, but as a human being…
It wasn't actually a no-confidence motion.
Well, true, but on top of that this guy… won his seat unopposed, without a single vote being cast (lol)
Background and Key Points of This Story
The backdrop here is a money-for-favors scandal that surfaced in the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly, first exposed by assembly member Motoaki Yoshimatsu. The burner-account story came to light after Assemblyman Hayashi accidentally posted the same distinctive phrase (“love hotel cheer squad”) on his own official account that his anonymous account had used — a textbook case of writing habits giving away an anonymous poster’s identity. Many commenters pointed out the irony that Hayashi had himself voted in favor of measures against online harassment then under assembly review, while other posts tried to frame the incident along partisan lines with labels like “net-right” or “left-wing,” leaving reactions divided. Separately, deliberations continue on the truth of the underlying money-for-favors scandal itself, apart from this incident.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5channel (Breaking News Plus) thread “Fukuoka Assemblyman Used Anonymous “Burner Account” to Attack Whistleblower — Ex-Secretary to Former Speaker.”
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