Abe admits having received salary from scandal-hit friend's school

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during an upper house judicial affairs committee session in Tokyo on May 30, 2017. Abe said he had been listed as an executive member of a school operator run by his friend and received salary more than 20 years ago, as opposition parties intensified their offensive against him alleging he favored the operator in connection with a plan to establish a new university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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