Ex-education minister denies illegal political funds management

Hakubun Shimomura, executive acting secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 29, 2017. The former education minister denied a weekly magazine report that his support group illegally handled donations from a school operator at the heart of a favoritism scandal involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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