19:34, 14-Mar-2018
Abe Scandal: Japanese PM denies involvement in discounted land sale
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has remained steadfast that he and his wife were not involved in a discount land-sale deal, to a school based in Osaka. Abe has denied that he and his wife Akie gave approval to the deal, involving the school's operator.
SHINZO ABE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER "I checked with my wife and she maintains she said no such thing as giving approval for land sale in the document. My wife was neither the person in charge of establishing the school nor Mr Kagoike's boss, so naturally she would not have made such a remark."
Abe and Finance Minister Taro Aso came under pressure over the finance ministry's admission, that it had altered documents related to the sale of state-owned land, at a steep discount to Kagoike. The deal has seen the opposition call for the resignation of Aso.