Yoshitaka Sakurada
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 74 |
| Date of birth | December 20,1949 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Kashiwa |
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| Japan | |
| Job | Politician |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Position | Member of the House of Representatives of Japan |
| Member of the Japanese House of Representatives since 2021 | |
| Education | Meiji University |
| Party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Prime minist | Shinzo Abe |
| Previous position | Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (2018–2019) |
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| ID | 637786 |
Yoshitaka Sakurada Life story
Yoshitaka Sakurada is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He formerly served as Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Fourth Abe Cabinet.
Outrage after Japan minister three minutes late
Mr Sakurada, who was appointed to his post last year, has had to repeatedly apologise over a series of gaffes
Japan's Olympics Minister, Yoshitaka Sakurada , has publicly apologised after arriving three minutes late to a parliamentary meeting on Thursday.
Opposition MPs said his tardiness showed disrespect for his office and boycotted a meeting of the budget committee for five hours in protest.
They have been highly critical of Mr Sakurada after a series of gaffes.
Last week, he said he felt let down after Olympic swimming hopeful Rikako Ikee was diagnosed with leukaemia.
"She is a potential gold medallist [at the Tokyo 2020 Games], an athlete in whom we have Great Expectations . I'm really disappointed," he was quoted as saying. He was then forced to apologise after being criticised.
In 2016, he also came Under Fire for describing so-called comfort women forced to provide sexual services to Japanese war-time troops as "professional prostitutes".
And last year, adding he had always delegated The Work to his subordinates.
The opposition has repeatedly called for his resignation.
While it is not considered an egregious cultural faux pas to arrive late at meetings in Japan, this latest incident has been picked up by members of the opposition eager to highlight what they see as Mr Sakurada's failings.
, while 13% said he was, according to figures released by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper earlier This Week .
Mr Sakurada was appointed to his post in October last year.
His duties include overseeing cyber-defence preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo .
japan, tokyo
Source of news: bbc.com
