Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka will be summoned to appear before a special parliamentary ethics panel during the current Diet session to answer allegations that she misused the salaries paid by the government to two secretaries, lawmakers said Tuesday.
The decision was made by executives of the Lower House Steering Committee. The panel is discussing whether the meeting of the Political Ethics Council, which generally meets behind closed doors, should be public.
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