Japanese media have revealed a new piece of evidence in a land-purchase scandal involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Moritomo Gakuen, a nationalist school operator in western Japan.
Abe and his wife are suspected to have raised funds for the school operator's dubious land purchase in mid-February.
On Friday, Abe denied any involvement in the deal during a Diet questioning and said he would resign if the investigation said otherwise. Abe’s approval rating has fallen several points since February to 51 percent.
