LDP lawmaker flouts coronavirus guidelines, attends drinking party with 30 people
Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi, a 70-year-old House of Representatives member, also fell down and was taken to a hospital by ambulance after the drinking party, sources said.
Japan minister apologizes after report of drunken, naked blunder
A Cabinet minister apologized Tuesday for "causing trouble" after a weekly magazine reported that in 2007 he walked through a dormitory building for Diet members while drunk and naked, and rang the doorbell of a fellow lawmaker's room. "I'm aware of the article. I humbly ...
The newly installed minister of state for Okinawa affairs says the prefecture's residents deserve a full breakdown of the government's rationale for relocating a contentious U.S. military base from the crowded city of Ginowan to the coastal district of Henoko in Nago. "I believe we ...
LDP Toyama chapter led by minister gets donation from bid-rigging firm, will return funds
A ruling Liberal Democratic Party chapter headed by Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi, state minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, received political donations from a company involved in bid-rigging, data from the political funds reports of the chapter showed Thursday. The electoral district branch in ...
Hong Kong mulls partial relaxation of post-Fukushima food import ban
The Hong Kong government has proposed a relaxation of its ban on food imports from four of the five Japanese prefectures on which it was imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, according to a legislative paper released Tuesday. Food items including ...
