The new chairman of Nihon University mounted a blistering attack on his predecessor in connection with a widening financial scandal that Naoto Kato said had besmirched the reputation of the 130-year-old institution.
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The Nihon University money scandal has taken another turn, this time involving cash transfers related to a contract to deliver medical equipment to the school’s hospital, investigative sources said.
Tokyo prosecutors on Oct. 13 questioned Hidetoshi Tanaka, chairman of Nihon University’s board of directors, on a voluntary basis for the first time since a close aide was arrested in a money scandal.