THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 29, 2020 at 16:32 JST
Yukio Edano, head of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, asks Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga why he rejected six recommended members to the Science Council of Japan during a Lower House plenary session on Oct. 28. (Takeshi Iwashita)
A chorus of boos and jeers drowned out Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s words in the Diet after he again refused to clarify his unprecedented rejection of six scholars to the Science Council of Japan. [Read More]
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