Abe to speak on favoritism claims at committee sessions

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will attend ad hoc parliamentary committee sessions next week to discuss claims that he influenced a government decision to benefit a close friend, following an agreement Wednesday between his party and its main opposition.Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party agreed to hold a session of the House of Representatives budgetary committee on Monday next week and the corresponding committee in the House of Councillors the following day.Claims that Abe may have been involved in the approval process for a new veterinary school run by Kake Edu…READ FULL ARTICLE