Lawmaker in scandal over bar visits amid COVID emergency

Lawmaker in scandal over bar visits amid COVID emergency

Jun Matsumoto, acting chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Diet Affairs Committee, leaves the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2021. The lawmaker stepped down from the Japanese ruling party post the same day after a weekly magazine reported he visited hostess bars in the capital's posh Ginza district late at night, despite a state of emergency that urges people to avoid unnecessary outings, especially in the evening.

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