Ex-Japan PM aide denies favor for Abe's friend as scandal clouds gather

TOKYO (Reuters) - A former aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday denied a media report that he had intervened to help win approval for a friend of the premier to set up a new veterinary school, the latest twist in suspected cronyism scandal.

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