THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 10, 2020 at 17:45 JST
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe poses with participants at a cherry blossom viewing party in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on April 13, 2019. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Jan. 10 acknowledged the government violated the public records law by mishandling “now-destroyed” lists of invitees to tax-funded cherry blossom viewing parties hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. [Read More]
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