A video clip of Nonomura accused of dubious... (Associated Press) 
 
 In this Tuesday, July 1, 2014 photo, Hyogo Prefectural assemblyman Ryutaro Nonomura cries during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan. "To change Japan and society," he said in a choked voice, stopping mid-sentence, sometimes sobbing so loud he was shouting. Don’t you understand?” 
 
 The Hyogo Prefecture statesman added, emphatically, “I’m putting my life on the line!” 
 
 
 
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 In a sense, the performance was awesome. His news conference Tuesday followed a Kobe Shimbun newspaper report this week that raised questions about Nonomura's visiting the hot springs 106 times last year, using public money. By way of explanation, he got more than a little misty. Hideaki Asada of the Hyogo Prefectural assembly office said the assembly was now on summer break, but the local government believes Nonomura owes the people an explanation about his spending habits. "Many people are starting to demand that he resign," Asada said. “He is usually not that emotional.” 
 
 Hyogo legislators get $5,000 per month for expenses that involve official business, some of which may entail traveling. 
 
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 Now this, ladies and gentlemen, is a press conference.
– A Japanese lawmaker has baffled the world—and provided the latest viral video—with his screaming, weeping apology. Ryutaro Nonomura, 47, a Hyogo Prefectural assemblyman, held a press conference Tuesday after a newspaper raised questions about why he visited hot springs 106 times last year using public money, the AP reports. Though the visits cost $30,000, they aren't illegal, but many called for an explanation—leading to Tuesday's spectacle, which also included Nonomura banging on the desk and shouting strange things like, "I'm putting my life on the line." In total, Nonomura took 195 day trips—Hyogo lawmakers receive $5,000 per month for expenses including travel, but the travel is supposed to be for official business, and the trips he took to the hot springs resort town were outside his precinct. (He also may not have had the proper receipts, the Washington Post notes.) As the AP explains, the video—which has been viewed more than 2 million times so far—is also notable because Japanese politicians are typically reserved. "Many people are starting to demand that he resign," says a member of the Hyogo Prefectural assembly office. "He is usually not that emotional."