Japan's Abe to appear in Diet committee session on favoritism claims

After his party earlier refused the request, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to an opposition demand for him to attend an ad hoc parliamentary committee session to address allegations of favoritism, the Liberal Democratic Party said Thursday."After I told the prime minister we had refused, he said he is willing to appear at the Diet himself and give an explanation," LDP Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Wataru Takeshita told reporters, adding that the session is likely to take place next week or later.But Takeshita indicated the LDP will agree to hold the budget committee session only if rul…READ FULL ARTICLE