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Support group of Diet member Kusuo Oshima utilized political funds at Shinjuku gay bar

Support group of Diet member Kusuo Oshima utilized political funds at Shinjuku gay bar
Kusuo Oshima
TOKYO (TR) – The support group representing House of Councillors member Kusuo Oshima spent political funds at a gay bar in Tokyo, it was revealed on Monday, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Dec. 27).

According to a political funds report for 2010, Oshima’s group on July 1 recorded 25,000 yen as an expenditure for the purchase of food and drinks and informal conversation inside the club Snack Kusuo, located in Shinjuku Ward’s 2-chome gay quarter.

The bar has received a degree of notoriety overseas, having played host to deceased Queen singer Freddie Mercury.

Oshima, 50, is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and a native of Fukuoka Prefecture.