Aso offers apology for buying golf club membership

Aso offers apology for buying golf club membership

At a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2017, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso admits to buying a golf club membership in violation of the ministers' guidelines recommending against the purchase or sale of golf club memberships while in office. Aso said he should have refrained from buying the membership, offering an apology. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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