Dentist group may have given 50 mil. yen indirectly to LDP lawmaker

The building housing the Japan Dental Federation stands in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Feb. 4, 2015. The political body linked to the country's dental association may have indirectly provided 50 million yen to a supporters' group of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Midori Ishii in 2013, political funds reports from the groups suggested the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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