Ministry to reinvestigate documents over Abe "favoritism" scandal

Ministry to reinvestigate documents over Abe "favoritism" scandal

Japanese education minister Hirokazu Matsuno speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2017. Matsuno said his ministry will launch a fresh probe into documents at the heart of a scandal involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a university run by a close friend amid growing public discontent over the government's denial of the papers' existence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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