Cherry blossoms prompt full-blown scandal for Japan's PM

By THE MANILA TIMES

Dec 09, 2019 5:36 pm

TOKYO: It might be the most Japanese of political scandals: a furor over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's guest list at a party to mark the annual cherry blossom season.

As scandals go, it has plenty of juicy elements — alleged mafia guests, disappearing evidence, even gaffes by Abe, who appeared to lay blame for shredded documents on a disabled worker.

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