The government vowed Thursday to conduct a swift and thorough investigation after Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) said its president dined with senior communications ministry officials mired in an ethics scandal involving Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's eldest son.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said officials including Yasuhiko Taniwaki, vice minister for policy coordination at the ministry, had admitted to dining with NTT President Jun Sawada as was reported online by weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun on Wednesday.
"In light of the situation, we expect the communications ministry will swiftly, accurately and thoroughly investigate what happened," Kato said at a regular news conference.