Senior communications ministry bureaucrats are being probed for a potential ethics code violation following a report that they were treated to expensive dinners by a son of Prime Minister
Japanese weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported on its website Wednesday the four executives were taken to posh
The National Public Service Ethics Law prohibits central government officials from receiving favors from stakeholders.
"I understand the details are being investigated at the
"If there were indeed acts that violated the National Public Service Ethics Law, that could damage people's trust in national public servants, and the
Suga's son became acquainted with some of the four senior bureaucrats when he served as a secretary to his father, who was internal affairs and communications minister between 2006 and 2007, according to the weekly magazine.
The prime minister told reporters Wednesday evening he has no knowledge of the matter and does not intend to question his son about it.
==Kyodo
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