Japan politician apologises for auctioning face masks, made US$86,000

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NSTworld: A Japanese politician apologised Monday after he made US$86,000 auctioning facemasks online. Japan coronavirus covid19

Hiroyuki Morota, a member of the Shizuoka prefecture assembly and owner of an import firm, defended his decision in a televised press conference but conceded that the move was ill-timed.

“Those were inventory items that had been stored at my firm for years. It was not that I was earning unjust profits,” Morota said.The apology came after he faced a storm of criticism for the sales and his claims that the auction prices were market value. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has asked internet auction services to discourage sales of items such as masks and disinfectants to stop price gouging.

 

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