Gossip magazines have dug up the past of one female first-termer, Mieko Tanaka, 33, a former travel agency employee who was forced to admit she used to work as a reporter for a sex industry magazine.

• 近日一些八卦杂志挖出了首次出任议员的33岁的田中美惠子的历史。田中美惠子曾是一家旅行社的雇员，日前她被迫承认自己曾在一家色情行业杂志做过记者。