Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. - Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters): Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office helped cover the costs of dinner parties held for his supporters, sources close to Abe told local media on Tuesday (Nov 24) evening, in a possible violation of funding and election laws.
The resurfacing of the scandal, which dogged Abe in the last year of his tenure could damage his political reputation and also threatens to drag in successor Yoshihide Suga, who was Abe's right-hand man during his 2012-2020 term.
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