TOKYO: A senior Japanese local government official resigned yesterday after admitting to playing pinball instead of helping to deal with a powerful earthquake in the area, Kyodo news agency said.
Takashi Chiba, the deputy governor of Akita Prefecture in northern Japan, was enjoying a game of pachinko, a popular pinball-like game, when a strong earthquake struck at about 6.30pm local time on Monday, the agency said.
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