Japan's communications ministry says 11 officials violated the National Public Service Officials Ethics Code by being entertained by a son of Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide who works for a firm involved in satellite broadcasting.
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Communications ministry bureaucrats were treated to expensive dinners by PM s eldest son, magazine reports Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Jiji, Kyodo, Reuters Feb 5, 2021
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Thursday that he has instructed his eldest son on the phone to cooperate with a possible investigation into a wining-and-dining scandal involving the 39-year-old.
The scandal was initially reported by weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun. The report said that four senior Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry officials, including Yasuhiko Taniwaki, vice minister for policy coordination, were separately wined and dined by Suga s son Seigo, who works for Tokyo-based satellite broadcast-related firm Tohokushinsha Film Corp.