
National / Science & Health | A MATTER OF HEALTH May 31, 2017
Japan violating anti-smoking treaty by bowing to tobacco industry, expert says
by Tomoko Otake
The government's move to ban smoking in indoor public places ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has hit a snag due to staunch resistance from lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party trumpeting smokers' rights and the need to protect the tobacco industry. But if ...