Abe denies discussing vet school plan as favoritism scandal deepens

It's a shame this is Japan and the end result will be a collective "shouganai" with the LDP keeping power, but TIJ.

Best mate.....didn't do anything? Well pressure,but that's OK he is my freind and I don't have so many freinds Mum never gives me hamburgers. So I give my friend after changing the law ,a licence to print money. It's OK, nobody loves me at all?

So we either need to believe a document from 2015 created by Ehime Prefecture officials, or rather the Prime Minister’s office’s word that actually there was no such meeting as no documents were found in the Prime Ministers office. And the strange existence of an Ehime Prefecture document suggesting a meeting is for someone else to explain.

Sheez it’s a tough one.

He is taking seriously to completely remove the purulent matter that everything started from his mouth from every moment he started to hide the truth. His "samurais" can't help him anymore. At last, it meant anger punishes itself. Now, he runs away but I don't think he can prolong 75 days( the rumors everybody forget in 75 days, the quote in Japan) because more evidences will come.

Yamaguchi will denai,point

Stout denial, it worked for Bush, Cheney and Nakasone.

Maybe it'll work for Abe too!

[Abe] said no proof of a meeting with Kake was found.

The absence of records will not free Mr Abe. On the contrarily, he is guilty of evidence tampering in addition to lying and cronyism. He must go.

Quick, Shinzo, run away!!

 "These are not the records you are looking for."

I’m going across the street to get you some orange sherbet

Fascinating thing is 30% of people in the next opinion poll will say that they support the Abe cabinet. We don’t need these corrupt abusive politicians, let’s have someone else waste our money for a change at least

Deny deny deny? Who started this trend, Trump or Abe?

Duck, dodge, deflect ad infinitum. Makes no difference if your constituents are docile sheep.

Pukey2May 22  10:02 pm JST

Deny deny deny? Who started this trend, Trump or Abe?

Abe, probably. LDP politicians are a remarkably forgetful lot who never seem to know what their underlings are getting up to.

"The prime minister's office records were checked yesterday, just to be sure," Abe told reporters, but he said no proof of a meeting with Kake was found.

Except that's not the whole story, is it. From The Japan Times:

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga hewed to Abe’s line, saying that the government had been unable to locate any visitor records at the Prime Minster’s Office relating to the alleged meeting between Abe and Kake in February 2015.

“Our visitor records are customarily disposed of once deemed unnecessary, and our investigation found they have already been discarded,” Suga said.

So, we have only Abe's word that there was no meeting. Anyone think Abe's word is worth a whole lot?

All that time spent sucking up to Trump has clearly had an impact on Abe's relationship with the truth.

theeastisredToday  11:16 am JST

All that time spent sucking up to Trump has clearly had an impact on Abe's relationship with the truth.

Abe's always had a bit of a problem separating fact and fantasy.

Documents show Abe met Kake in 2015 to discuss the veterinary school.

Abe says: "The prime minister's office records were checked yesterday, just to be sure,". But Abe could have met Kake somewhere else, or the records could have been altered, or whoever was "checking" the records may have "accidentally" overlooked Kake's name.

It's incredible that Abe still denies being involved in these scandals as more and more evidence shows that he definitely was involved. It reminds me of that swimmer who was filmed stealing a camera: he denied it, even though there was video evidence of him doing it. Abe is no different.

ScroteToday  12:03 pm JST

Documents show Abe met Kake in 2015 to discuss the veterinary school.

Abe says: "The prime minister's office records were checked yesterday, just to be sure,". But Abe could have met Kake somewhere else, or the records could have been altered, or whoever was "checking" the records may have "accidentally" overlooked Kake's name.

Yes, one might get the impression from Abe's statement that they found nothing in the records about the meeting. In fact, as the Chief Cabinet Secretary pointed out, there were actually no records to check:

“Our visitor records are customarily disposed of once deemed unnecessary, and our investigation found they have already been discarded."

So they checked records that no longer exist. Anyone still believe a single thing Abe says?