Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso is pictured speaking to reporters in Tokyo on March 13, 2018. Aso admitted a day earlier that his ministry had altered documents over a deal reached in 2016 for the hugely discounted sale of state land to Moritomo Gakuen, a school operator with ties to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife Akie. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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