The Japanese Senate dismissed a YouTube user specializing in celebrity scandals, who was elected a member of it last year, and the council explained its decision by the member's constant absence from its sessions.

On Tuesday, the parliament took the decision to exclude the member and officially issued it on Wednesday, noting that it is the first time a Japanese parliamentarian has been subjected to such a procedure since 1951, according to Japanese media.

Yoshikazu Higashitani, 51, known on social media by his pseudonym GaaSyy, was asked earlier this month to apologize to parliament for his continued absence, contrary to the rule for elected officials to attend parliamentary sessions.

But Higashitani, one of two elected members of the small party "Sigika Joshi 48" ("Girls in Politics 48"), did not respond to this summons either.

After his election last July, he remained in Dubai, where he originally lived. He said he did not dare to return to Japan for fear of being arrested.

And local media indicated that the local police is actually investigating him, and suspects him of bullying and defaming celebrities through the videos he publishes on the Internet.
Higashitani will be replaced by another member of his small party, which has changed its name several times since its founding in 2013.