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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. President Jun Sawada (left) and Tohokushinsha Film Corp. President Shinya Nakajima attend an Upper House Budget Committee session on Monday. | KYODO
Jiji, Kyodo Mar 15, 2021
NTT Corp. President Jun Sawada, at a parliamentary meeting on Monday, denied that the company had asked lawmakers in senior communications ministry posts for favors through wining and dining them.
“There have been no conversations for making requests related to our business or receiving favors,” Sawada told the House of Councilors’ Budget Committee.
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Another weekly magazine, Shukan Bunshun, reported that Toyama made a visit to a hostess bar in Ginza late Friday evening.
Under the state of emergency, people are being asked to stay home and restaurants are requested to close by 8 p.m.
Suga himself came under fire after taking part in two dinner gatherings in Tokyo in mid-December while the government was urging people to refrain from eating in large groups to contain the spread of the virus.
He later apologized over the gatherings, first at a luxury hotel with about 15 people and then at an upscale steakhouse with eight people present.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2021, with a transparent acrylic screen set in front of him to prevent coronavirus infection. (Photo by=Kyodo)
[Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologized Wednesday in parliament after executives of the ruling coalition were reported to have visited hostess bars in Tokyo s posh Ginza district late at night, defying a state of emergency that urges people to avoid unnecessary outings, especially in the evening.
Kyodo reported that Jun Matsumoto, acting chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party s Diet Affairs Committee, and Kiyohiko Toyama, acting secretary-general of Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Suga s LDP, both admitted to visiting such bars last week. The news comes when