As Japan s parliament inches towards digitalization, this week eliminating stenographers from the Upper House, smartphones are still banned while laptops are permitted, spurring bipartisan members to take action.
As Japan s parliament inches towards digitalization, this week eliminating stenographers from the Upper House, smartphones are still banned while laptops are permitted, spurring bipartisan members to take action.
Senior Commentator
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has apologized for his son’s role in a growing scandal that is threatening to engulf his administration. The comments came during Monday’s Diet session, after an in-house probe at the communications ministry named several officials and a current Cabinet spokesperson.
The ministry announced that 11 officials had violated its ethics code when they accepted dinners from the prime minister’s eldest son, Suga Seigo. Suga works for Tohoku Shinsha Film Corporation, a video production company whose satellite broadcasting arm would benefit from good relations with the ministry. The scandal was first reported on by weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun in February.