Lawmaker who piggybacked over puddle in hot water again

Lawmaker who piggybacked over puddle in hot water again

Undated file photo shows Shunsuke Mutai, Japan's parliamentary vice Cabinet Office minister who was cautioned last September for being carried over a puddle when he visited the site of deadly flooding in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate. Muto was given a firm caution by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and disaster management minister Jun Matsumoto on March 9, 2017, for joking at a fundraising party for himself the previous night that the "boot industry really made some money" as a result of his blunder. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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