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. Read more
