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Escape plotters claimed to be violinists
The Japan News
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A convoy carrying Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor is seen leaving Narita Airport on Tuesday.Japan News-Yomiuri photo
TOKYO - The U.S. Army veteran arrested on suspicion of aiding the escape of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn is suspected of lying to an official at Kansai Airport, claiming that he and a companion were violinists scheduled to perform in Osaka, according to court documents.
Former Green Beret Michael Taylor, 60, was arrested on Tuesday by the special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. He is also said to have asked the airport official about what kind of security check would be done at departure and of trying to hand over a large bundle of 10,000 yen notes as a tip when he was in Japan in December 2019.
Suga s slipups a sign of fatigue amid crisis
The Japan News
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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks on a phone at the Prime Minister s Office on Jan. 14. 2021.Japan News-Yomiuri
A series of verbal gaffes on important issues has prompted growing concern within the government that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is suffering from chronic stress and fatigue.
The beleaguered prime minister spent his New Year holiday on the job, tasked with orchestrating the response to the coronavirus resurgence at year s end. Mindful of the official message of social distancing and self-restraint, he has also been forced to abstain from his habitual breakfasts at a Tokyo hotel. Observers speculated such compounding factors may have been behind the conspicuous slips of tongue.