Opposition calls on LDP to summon school operator as scandal widens

Opposition calls on LDP to summon school operator as scandal widens

Democratic Party lawmaker Kazuya Shimba (L), chair of the party's Diet Affairs Committee, and his Liberal Democratic Party counterpart Masaji Matsuyama meet at the parliamentary building in Tokyo on March 3, 2017. Shimba requested Matsuyama cooperate to summon as an unsworn witness a representative of Moritomo Gakuen, a company that will operate a school linked to a land purchase controversy that has engulfed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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