Operator drops plan to open school on land bought in murky deal

Operator drops plan to open school on land bought in murky deal

Yasunori Kagoike, the head of troubled school operator Moritomo Gakuen, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on March 10, 2017. The operator, mired in controversy over its cut-price purchase of a plot of state-owned land in western Japan, dropped its application to open an elementary school on the site in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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