Lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency

Kiyohiko Toyama, a senior member of Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2021, after he offered to quit parliament after coming under fire for visiting a Tokyo hostess bar despite government calls to avoid unnecessary outings under a state of emergency to rein in the spread of the coronavirus.

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