Japan PM Suga denies ethics scandal pushed him to skip press conference

Japan PM Suga denies ethics scandal pushed him to skip press conference
February 26, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2021, after announcing that the country will lift its coronavirus state of emergency for six prefectures at the end of the month, but the Tokyo metropolitan area will have to wait for further signs of improvement. (Kyodo)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga denied Friday that an ethics scandal involving a senior press official had anything to do with his decision not to hold a news conference that day when announcing the partial lifting of the coronavirus emergency.

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