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, bows in apology during a press conference 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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