Japan defense chief admits possibility she represented school operator

Japan defense chief admits possibility she represented school operator

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 14, 2017. Inada said she may have served as legal counsel for an Osaka school operator at the center of a controversy over its cut-price purchase of public land, although insisting she has "no memory" of doing so. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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