Under-fire Japanese deputy land minister

Under-fire Japanese deputy land minister

Ichiro Tsukada, a senior vice minister of Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, arrives at the ministry in Tokyo on April 5, 2019. Tsukada has offered to resign after coming under fire for saying he showed favoritism to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso in a road project, according to sources close to the matter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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