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TOKYO (AP) Japan’s communications ministry punished 11 senior officials on Wednesday for accepting lavish dinners paid for by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s eldest son and fellow executives at.
Japan opposition urges resignation of elite female bureaucrat over scandal
Opposition parties demanded Thursday the resignation of an elite female bureaucrat who was treated to a luxury dinner by the eldest son of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, but the government rejected the call.
Cabinet Public Relations Secretary Makiko Yamada, 60, was found to have been treated to a meal in 2019 worth 74,000 yen ($700) by Seigo Suga and other officials of Tohokushinsha Film Corp., which runs a satellite broadcasting business.
File photo shows Cabinet Public Relations Secretary Makiko Yamada (L) serving as the emcee at Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga s press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2020. (Kyodo)