TOKYO, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Japan's upper house Friday said Taro Yamamoto, the anti-nuclear lawmaker criticized for delivering a letter to Emperor Akihito, is banned from imperial events.
During a garden party last week, Yamamoto gave a letter to Emperor Akihito outlining what he believes were problems stemming from radioactive fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Yamamoto was criticized for attempting to use the emperor for political purposes, an accusation the lawmaker denied.