Scandal-hit school operator says he received donation from PM Abe

Scandal-hit school operator says he received donation from PM Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2017. Yasunori Kagoike, head of a school operator mired in controversy over its cut-price purchase of a plot of state-owned land in Osaka Prefecture, said the same day he received donations from Abe for the elementary school being built on the site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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