A senior official with close ties to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will retire at the end of the month after being removed from his post in the communications ministry for attending expensive dinners paid for by a telecom giant, the top government spokesman said Tuesday.Yasuhiko Taniwaki, 60, played a pivotal role in helping Suga to fulfill a promise to lower mobile phone fees and his departure deals another blow to the prime minister, whose public support ratings have taken a hit after a series of scandals involving officials and criticism of the government's response to the coronavirus pa…READ FULL ARTICLE
