GaaSyy: Japan YouTuber arrested over celebrity threats

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GaaSyy: Japan YouTuber arrested over celebrity threats
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Yoshikazu Higashitani, aka GaaSyy, returns to Japan months after Tokyo police issued his arrest warrant.

Yoshikazu Higashitani became Japan's first lawmaker to be kicked out of parliament without ever entering it

He is accused of threatening to defame an actor, an entrepreneur and a designer between February and August last year.Mr Higashitani repeatedly ignored requests to return to Japan and voluntarily submit himself to police questioning. Japan's foreign minister ordered him to return his passport after Tokyo police obtained his arrest warrant in March, but Mr Higashitani said he'd lost it. His passport expired the following month.he became the first lawmaker in Japanese history to be kicked out of parliament without ever entering it.

During his seven months in office, the social media personality refused to leave his home in Dubai and did not attended a single legislative session.

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