NHK Party’s Takashi Tachibana Attacked in Tokyo 

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Takashi Tachibana 

Takashi Tachibana, the leader of the NHK Party political group, was attacked Friday by a man in the Kasumigaseki district of Tokyo, the Metropolitan Police Department said. 

Tachibana is said to be bleeding but remains conscious. The attacker was already arrested.