Document implies PM gave specific instruction in "favoritism" scandal

Document implies PM gave specific instruction in "favoritism" scandal

Education minister Hirokazu Matsuno speaks at a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on June 20, 2017, about a new document found in connection with favoritism allegations against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The document, dating from October 2016, quotes Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda as telling an education ministry official that Abe wanted a veterinary school to be opened in a specially deregulated economic zone by April 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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