LDP politician rebuked for piggyback ride over post-typhoon puddle

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2016, that he has cautioned a parliamentary vice minister for taking a piggyback ride over a puddle left after deadly flooding triggered by Typhoon Lionrock during his Sept. 1 visit to the town of Iwaizumi. Suga said he had told Shunsuke Mutai of the Cabinet Office to perform his duties with sensitivity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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