THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 19, 2021 at 17:23 JST
From left, Hironobu Yumoto, deputy director-general of the telecommunication ministry’s information and communications bureau, and Yoshinori Akimoto, director-general of the same bureau, attend a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Feb. 19. (Kotaro Ebara)
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