Gov't sued over disclosure of "Abenomask" info

Gov't sued over disclosure of "Abenomask" info

Hiroshi Kamiwaki (front), a law professor at Kobe Gakuin University, heads to the Osaka District Court on Sept. 28, 2020, to file a lawsuit against the Japanese government demanding it reveal the unit price of washable cloth masks, dubbed "Abenomasks," that were distributed for free to all households in Japan earlier in the year in an initiative led by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Gov't sued over disclosure of "Abenomask" info

Gov't sued over disclosure of "Abenomask" info

Hiroshi Kamiwaki (R), a law professor at Kobe Gakuin University, heads to the Osaka District Court on Sept. 28, 2020, to file a lawsuit against the Japanese government demanding it reveal the unit price of washable cloth masks, dubbed "Abenomasks," that were distributed for free to all households in Japan earlier in the year in an initiative led by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Gov't sued over disclosure of "Abenomask" info

Gov't sued over disclosure of "Abenomask" info

Hiroshi Kamiwaki (L), a law professor at Kobe Gakuin University, attends a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 28, 2020. Kamiwaki filed a lawsuit the same day against the Japanese government demanding it reveal the unit price of washable cloth masks, dubbed "Abenomasks," that were distributed for free to all households in Japan earlier in the year in an initiative led by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Gov't sued over disclosure of "Abenomask" info

Gov't sued over disclosure of "Abenomask" info

Hiroshi Kamiwaki, a law professor at Kobe Gakuin University, attends a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 28, 2020. Kamiwaki filed a lawsuit the same day against the Japanese government demanding it reveal the unit price of washable cloth masks, dubbed "Abenomasks," that were distributed for free to all households in Japan earlier in the year in an initiative led by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.