Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa said on Tuesday that it was up to Mr Thomas Bach himself to decide "what constitutes a non-essential and non-urgent outing". - Reuters
TOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN): International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has sparked an uproar in Japan for taking a stroll down the glitzy Ginza district this week.
This comes as the public has been told repeatedly by the government to "avoid non-essential and non-urgent outings".
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