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Kagoshima City Officials Were Asked to Mow the Grass—City Councilman Irifune Offers a "Sincere Apology"; It Has Also Been Revealed that the Work at the Communal Cemetery Was Outsourced to a City-Run Company Between 2022 and 2025.

It has been revealed that Koichi Irifune (81), a member of the Liberal Democratic Party's Kagoshima City Council, had city employees help him mow the grass at his private communal cemetery during working hours. This was done for about three days each summer between 2022 and 2025. A total of approximately 90 employees participated in the period between 2023 and 2025, as far as has been known. Councilman Irifune apologized at the City Council's St…

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Kagoshima City Officials Were Asked to Mow the Grass—City Councilman Irifune Offers a "Sincere Apology"; It Has Also Been Revealed that the Work at the Communal Cemetery Was Outsourced to a City-Run Company Between 2022 and 2025.

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Kagoshima City Officials Were Asked to Mow the Grass—City Councilman Irifune Offers a "Sincere Apology"; It Has Also Been Revealed that the Work at the Communal Cemetery Was Outsourced to a City-Run Company Between 2022 and 2025.

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Kagoshima City Officials Were Asked to Mow the Grass—City Councilman Irifune Offers a "Sincere Apology"; It Has Also Been Revealed that the Work at the Communal Cemetery Was Outsourced to a City-Run Company Between 2022 and 2025.

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Kagoshima City Officials Were Asked to Mow the Grass—City Councilman Irifune Offers a "Sincere Apology"; It Has Also Been Revealed that the Work at the Communal Cemetery Was Outsourced to a City-Run Company Between 2022 and 2025.

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