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Bizarre 'Abegate' affair due to climax in Parliament this week

Alleged links with Osaka school could turn into the biggest political challenge to date for Japan's PM

Published Sun, Mar 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

SOMETHING is "cooking" at the top of Japanese politics and it could come to the boil on Thursday when the principal of an Osaka School at the centre of a dubious land deal is due to testify to the country's Parliament on the alleged involvement of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie with the school.

The affair, centering on the sale of government land to Moritomo Gakuen elementary school at a deeply d…

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