Reporter abe was trying to refute sworn testimony from yasunori kagoike, the president of Educational Group moritomo gakuen. He told lawmakers that he received a donation of about 9,000 from abes wife on his behalf in 2015. Kagoike also says he believes there was political involvement concerning the moritomo purchase of stateowned land to build the school. The group got the land for a fraction of its estimated value. The deal has been questioned by lawmakers. Abe denies any wrongdoing. Translator the issue originated with the problem related to the state land sale and licensing of the school. Regarding those issues, i believe it was made clear that no specific politician was involved. Reporter while the Prime Minister issues denials, his wife is still in the spotlight for her connections to moritomo. She was listed as the honorary principal for the new school being built on the controversial land. She stepped down from the post when the scandal broke in an apparent effort to distance h
Reporter abe was trying to refute sworn testimony from yasunori kagoike, the president of Educational Group moritomo gakuen. He told lawmakers that he received a donation of about 9,000 from abes wife on his behalf in 2015. Kagoike also says he believes there was political involvement concerning the moritomo purchase of stateowned land to build the school. The group got the land for a fraction of its estimated value. The deal has been questioned by lawmakers. Abe denies any wrongdoing. Translator the issue originated with the problem related to the state land sale and licensing of the school. Regarding those issues, i believe it was made clear that no specific politician was involved. Reporter while the Prime Minister issues denials, his wife is still in the spotlight for her connections to moritomo. She was listed as the honorary principal for the new school being built on the controversial land. She stepped down from the post when the scandal broke in an apparent effort to distance h