A vice minister has given up using a chauffeured official car to take her child to daycare after drawing political flak following a media report, but some working mothers expressed sympathy for the 39-year-old lawmaker.The Shukan Shincho weekly magazine accused Megumi Kaneko of "mixing up official and private matters" when it reported in late June that she had used an official vehicle to transport her 1-year-old son to his nursery.
Picking up on the report, Renho, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, criticized Kaneko, a House of Representatives member of the ruling Liberal Democr…READ FULL ARTICLE