THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 6, 2021 at 18:34 JST
Communications minister Ryota Takeda, center back row, listens to the responses of Yoshinori Akimoto, front, director-general of the information and communications bureau, during a Feb. 5 Lower House Budget Committee session. (Kotaro Ebara)
Communications minister Ryota Takeda apologized Feb. 5 for a growing wining-and-dining scandal that embroiled four of his senior officials and is seen as a test of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's leadership seeing as his eldest son was involved. [Read More]
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