A school principal at the heart of a scandal engulfing Shinzo Abe has claimed under oath that he received ¥1m ($9,000) from the Japanese prime minister’s wife.
Testifying in parliament on Thursday, Yasunori Kagoike said he remembered the donation well because it was such an honour. He said the donation was made when Akie Abe came to his school to give a speech in September 2015.
“She asked her secretary to leave the room so it was just the two of us, and saying ‘Here, this is from Shinzo Abe’, she gave me an envelope containing ¥1m,” said Mr Kagoike, who runs the controversial rightwing school operator Moritomo Gakuen.
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