Makoto Masuyama, a member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly from the Japan Innovation Party, told Takashi Tachibana, "I think you should tell him," in a confidential audio recording from the 100-article committee meeting.

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It has come to light that two prefectural assembly members belonging to the Japan Restoration Party were involved in the information that was a factor in the slanderous defamation surrounding the November 2024 Hyogo Prefectural Gubernatorial election. What does Yoshihiro Katayama, former Governor of Tottori Prefecture and professor of local government at Taisho University, think about this situation? We spoke to him.

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] Makoto Masuyama (46), a member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly's 100-Article Committee and a member of the Japan Restoration Party, revealed on an internet program on the night of the 19th that he had given audio data from a closed-door hearing of a witness at the 100-Article Committee held in October last year to Takashi Tachibana, leader of the political group "Party to Protect the People from NHK."