By contrast, he said, "Diet members with a business background are very welcoming of this."

The support from Diet members alone was enough for Fukuda to win the leadership in the first round.

Oizumi is flanked by an a cast of female Diet members who repeat every word he says.

The crowd was extremely respectful to the Diet members and pleaded with them for help.

As the program director position often goes to a promising young Diet member, and being the first woman to be selected, she became well known.

"And I think it is the job of a Diet member not only to act on one's own thoughts but also to listen to constituents."

This is a total disaster for us, what those Diet members have done.

The public's wish is that the Diet members would shift their eyes to the people's lives.

It seems that when someone becomes a Diet member they try not to show their thoughts.

This change forced Diet members to seek a larger number of smaller contributions to maintain cash flow.