Sengoku explains alleged funding conflict as fees  
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku said Sunday that he saw no problem with political entities he controls giving money to a company run by his eldest son, because the funds were paid as fees for handling some of the entities' activities.
Sengoku, the top government spokesman and Prime Minister Naoto Kan's right-hand man, told reporters the three political bodies paid a total of ¥3.2 million, or ¥100,000 per month, to his son's real estate management company for two years and eight months until last December.



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Published 2010-08-29
Tracked 2010-08-29
Channel Media
Language English
Media Portals
Country Japan