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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)
Concerns mount on trace app for potential foreign Olympic fans in Japan
February 24, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This photo shows a board in front of Yokohama Stadium calling for visitors to take coronavirus countermeasures in October 2020. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) Questions have been raised over a smartphone app being developed to track potential foreign visitors whereabouts during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics amid the pandemic, due to its hefty cost and the amount of work left to do with five months to go. Japan is to decide by the end of spring on the number of spectators at each venue and whether to accept fans from overseas. The app is seen as a disease control lifeline, according to a games source, should overseas fans be allowed into the country.
Questions have been raised over the app being developed to track visitors' whereabouts during the games due to its hefty cost and the amount of work left to do.
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