TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese cabinet minister did not know that people with whom she was photographed years ago belonged to a right-wing group now known for "hate speech" demos, a government spokesman said on Thursday, the third recent case of politically embarrassing snapshots of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new leadership line-up.
The photograph, taken in 2009, showed Eriko Yamatani, 63, who was appointed as National Public Safety Commission chairwoman earlier this month, with members of an ultra-right group known as "Zaitokukai", which opposes what it says are privileges for long-time Korean residents in Japan.
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