The Japanese politician who was censured for bringing her baby to work has been kicked out of another local government meeting – this time for sucking cough sweets.

Yuka Ogata, 43, attracted global headlines when she was ordered to leave Kumamoto Municipal Assembly in southern Japan last year after bringing her seven-month-old baby to work.

Ms Ogata had hoped the move would highlight the challenges facing working mothers in Japan but ended up having to leave on the spot before receiving an official warning from her mainly-male colleagues.

And it seems Ms Ogata has incurred the wrath of her fellow politicians once again: she was reportedly ejected from the same assembly last Friday after speaking at the podium with a cough drop in her mouth.

Her seemingly innocuous action triggered an eight-hour suspension of the assembly as the issue was extensively debated, according to Kyodo News agency.