Mori denies receiving free golf club membership

Mori denies receiving free golf club membership

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken by a Kyodo News helicopter Feb. 15 shows the Totsuka Country Club in Yokohama. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori denied reports that he received a free membership nearly 16 years ago in the golf club, which he failed to leave Feb. 10 after being informed of the collision between a Japanese fisheries training ship and a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii.

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