The Scandals Are Mounting for Japan’s Abe
- Abe says issued no instructions in approval of friend’s school
- Governor says notes were compiled on meeting with Abe aide
Shinzo Abe.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied involvement in a decision to let his close friend open a veterinary school, as new evidence emerged about one of a series of government scandals undermining his bid to stay on as leader.
Abe issued his denial in parliament after media reports linking his office to the approval of the college, whose operators were given a free plot of land. The Asahi newspaper reported Tuesday that an Abe aide had referred to the project as “a matter relating to the prime minister” during a key 2015 meeting on the matter.