Hashimoto is seeking 11 million yen in compensation from publisher Bungeisha, whose weekly tabloid Shukan Bunshun reported in its May 30 issue last year that the mayor received sex services courtesy of the management association of the Tobita Shinchi brothel quarter while he was employed as a legal adviser.
“It is not a fact that I received sex services as a form of business entertainment,” read Hashimoto’s claim.
Prior to entering the political world in 2007, Hashimoto practiced corporate and entertainment law.
