Economics
Abe’s Bad Month Gets Worse as Allies Press Him Over Scandal
- Prime minister facing most intense crisis in five years
- Scandal is ‘serious threat to democracy,’ business chief says
The Scandal Dogging Japan Prime Minister Abe
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe got a warning sign that a ballooning scandal won’t go away any time soon: a rare interrogation from lawmakers from his own party.
The premier and his deputy, Finance Minister Taro Aso, were compelled in quick succession Wednesday to deny they ordered changes to documents related to the heavily discounted sale of public land to an Abe family acquaintance. The pointed queries weren’t from an opposition lawmaker, but a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.