FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference after close of regular parliament session at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that although the man at the centre of a scandal about approval for the establishment of a new veterinary school was an old friend, he had "never once" tried to use that relationship to gain favours.
Abe and his aides have repeatedly denied intervening to help Kake Gakuen (Kake Educational Institution) win approval for a veterinary school in a special economic zone. Its director, Kotaro Kake, is a friend of Abe.
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