In this Sept. 1, 2016 photo, Shunsuke Mutai, Japan’s vice minister of reconstruction, visits Iwaizumi, a northern Japanese town devastated by a deadly storm, northern Japan. Vice Minister Mutai is under fire for crossing a puddle piggybacked by his underling during his recent visit to the town. Mutai headed a government team’s visit to the town earlier this month to assess damage from the storm, which killed more than 20 people in the region. Vice Minister of Reconstruction Shunsuke Mutai headed a government team’s visit to the northern town of Iwaizumi earlier this month to assess damage from the storm, which killed more than 20 people in the region. The case resurfaced over the weekend when his boss, Reconstruction Minister Masahiro Imamura, visited the region and apologized over the incident.

Source: Washington Post September 12, 2016 07:46 UTC