THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 30, 2021 at 14:41 JST
Health minister Norihisa Tamura on March 30 apologizes for a late-night farewell party attended by 23 staff members of a bureau under his ministry. (Kotaro Ebara)
Twenty-three health ministry officials threw a farewell party at an “izakaya” pub in Tokyo’s Ginza district until almost midnight, despite the government's request for eateries to close early to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the ministry revealed. [Read More]
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