Monday, January 28, 2019

#JAPAN: Gov't & Opposition Criticize Labor Minister; False Stats Caused 20 Million To Be Underpaid Benefits

[world politics news]


Ruling and opposition lawmakers joined forces to criticize the labor ministry for releasing faulty jobs data for more than a decade in the first Diet discussions held on the issue since the scandal broke in December.

Labor Minister Takumi Nemoto apologized for the debacle, which led to more than 20 million people being underpaid on work-related benefits and cast doubt on the accuracy of government statistics.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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