A ruling party lawmaker attended a drinking party Friday with about 30 people in a central Japan city, his office said Saturday, despite authorities' warnings to refrain from dining in large groups to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus.Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi, a 70-year-old House of Representatives member from the Liberal Democratic Party, also fell down and was taken to a hospital by ambulance after drinking on Friday night in Toyama, sources familiar with the matter said."I deeply regret attending the drinking party and apologize to people," the former minister for Okinawa and Nort…READ FULL ARTICLE
