Yasunori Kagoike

Japan principal of scandal-hit school says he got donation from PM Shinzo Abe's wife

The head of a Japanese nationalist school at the heart of a swirling political scandal said in sworn testimony in parliament on Thursday that he received a donation of 1 million yen from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s wife in her husband`s name. 

Mar 23, 2017, 10:35 AM IST

Japan PM Shinzō Abe's wife cuts ties with school at centre of political scandal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s wife has cut ties with an elementary school whose operator is under fire for buying state-owned land at a rock-bottom price in a furore rapidly developing into a political headache for Abe.

Feb 24, 2017, 09:17 AM IST