Suga takes heat for son's wining and dining of senior bureaucrats

Japanese prime minister says he told him to cooperate with the ethics probe

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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga answers questions during a parliamentary committee session Feb. 4. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)

YUSUKE TAKEUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday faced a grilling from lawmakers in parliament following a report of his eldest son, a private company employee, inviting government officials to lavish dinners.

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