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Senior Japan bureaucrats ousted amid scandal over dinners with PM s son
Japan s communications ministry said Friday it has replaced two senior bureaucrats and is considering reprimands following reports that its officials were treated to expensive dinners by a son of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in possible violation of ethics code.
Communications minister Ryota Takeda denied the scandal was the reason for the transfers of Yoshinori Akimoto, director general of the information and communications bureau, and Hironobu Yumoto, deputy director general of the bureau, but said it was decided in light of various situations during an ongoing Diet session. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2021. (Kyodo)
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February 18, 2021
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on Wednesday (Feb 16).
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The satellite broadcasting business was a topic of conversation during a controversial dinner meeting involving Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s eldest son, who works for a broadcasting-related company, and Yoshinori Akimoto, director general of the information and communications bureau of the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry, according to the online version of the weekly Shukan Bunshun magazine on Wednesday (Feb 17).
The report included audio from the meeting, allegedly recorded from inside the restaurant, in which terms such as “BS” and “satellite” were used.