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Abe's Wife Resigns as Honorary Principal of Controversial School

   Tokyo, Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday his wife, Akie, has resigned as honorary principal of an elementary school set to open this spring on a controversial piece of land in western Japan. 
  

 Speaking at a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting, Abe reiterated that he, Akie and his office had nothing to do with the sale of the state-owned land and the approval to open the elementary school.
  

 "If there is any involvement, I will take responsibility as a politician," Abe said.
   

Moritomo Gakuen, a private school operator based in the city of Osaka, purchased the land tract in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, from the state at a price much lower than the appraised value and collected donations by naming the elementary school after Abe.
 

  "It's extremely regrettable that my name was used although I refused repeatedly," Abe said.

(2017/02/24-17:11)



☆If it is not illegal, why has she resigned the post?