Minister apologizes for big late-night party amid virus restrictions

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Norihisa Tamura apologizes at a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo on March 31, 2021, over a recent late-night party involving 23 officials of his ministry held despite the metropolitan government's request for shorter business hours to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

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