Japan farm officials punished for dining with bribery scandal executive
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Farm minister Kotaro Nogami apologizes during a news conference at the ministry on Thursday. | KYODO
Kyodo
Feb 26, 2021
The farm ministry punished six senior officials on Thursday, including its top bureaucrat, for accepting expensive meals with a former head of a major egg producer who has been indicted for bribery.
The development could deal a further blow to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration, which is already under fire over a similar scandal involving other elite bureaucrats who were wined and dined by Suga’s eldest son and other businesspeople.