THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 10, 2020 at 17:45 JST
Opposition party lawmakers question Cabinet Office officials in the Diet building on Jan. 9 over the sakura viewing parties funded by taxpayer money. (Takeshi Iwashita)
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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