Tokyo, Mar 8 (UNI) Another high-ranking Japanese official has lost his position for being treated to expensive meals by businessmen, which violates Japan's public servants ethics code, the country's media reported on Monday.
The story originally broke out last week when the bureaucrat in question is Yasuhiko Taniwaki, the former vice minister for policy coordination, was involved in preparing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's plan to lower the country's mobile service rates, which are among the highest in the world.
According to the NHK broadcaster, Taniwaki has been transferred to the minister's secretariat after winning and dining with the president of communications company NTT.