“Ryutaro Nonomura is not having a good week. After being accused of misusing thousands of dollars in government funds, the 47-year-old Japanese politician held a press conference Wednesday in an attempt to explain himself. It, um, didn’t go very well.

Nonomura started wailing hysterically during the 3-hour conference, banging his fists on the table and yelling at reporters. He shouted “incoherent excuses in between gut-wrenching sobs,” the news outlet writes, “punctuated by the long intakes of breath necessary to power the next outburst.””

Watch the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3pZMA5275M

兵庫県議 政務費不正疑惑 泣き乱しながら潔白主張
(Innocence claim while crying disturbed Hyogo prefectural Parliamentary expenses scandal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3pZMA5275M

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) of The Young Turks discuss the hilarious clip. Is this Japan’s John Boehner? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.