A traffic violation causes the dismissal of a Japanese official


Japanese Government Affairs Minister Hirokazu Matsuno has decided to sack one of his aides over a traffic violation.


Matsuno told a news conference that his 49-year-old secretary was driving home on Friday evening after drinking alcohol alone at a restaurant in Chiba, east of Tokyo.

He was stopped on the road by the traffic police as part of their duties to randomly stop cars to conduct alcohol tests on drivers.

The police discovered that the secretary had drunk more than the legal limit.


According to the news agency "WAM", Minister Matsuno expressed his apology "without reservation", saying, "I look at this issue very seriously because I failed to supervise him," pointing out that his secretary will formally submit his resignation to parliament on Monday.

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