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At a parliamentary session, Moriyama said, "If there happen to be photos, I think I must have received the recommendation letter" as the daily Asahi Shimbun published photographs. But he said he has no intention of resigning, citing no recollection of the event.

LDP Rhetoric 101.

Opposition parties intensified their offensive against Moriyama, saying that if the report is true, he should step down as his purview includes oversight of the Unification Church, which fanned controversy through a scheme involving "spiritual sales" in the 1980s.

Justice comes very slowly, if at all, if you are a member of a privileged class like LDP pols, Japan Inc. corporate oligarchs, or tax exempt religious orgs.

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At a parliamentary session, Moriyama said, "If there happen to be photos, I think I must have received the recommendation letter" as the daily Asahi Shimbun published photographs. But he said he has no intention of resigning, citing no recollection of the event.

Is it really okay for cabinet ministers to have such poor memories?

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Bow and move on just bow and move on....

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"If he cannot provide a sufficient explanation, he should step down."

But he HAS provided a sufficient explanation -- he does not recall it. Did he forget to supplement it with "I was drunk"?

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""At a parliamentary session, Moriyama said, "I think I may have signed the document without sufficiently checking its contents, but I don't remember very well," after a major newspaper reported his ties with the controversial religious group.""

Well Done, a CLASSIC answer when someone is in the hot seat, must have been practicing it for a while.

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Is it really okay for cabinet ministers to have such poor memories?

It's a prerequisite!

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""I think I may have signed the document without sufficiently checking its contents""

Aha, the EDUCATION Minister signed without reading, so much for education.

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Sure: "might have, don't remember, and so on".

Wonder how much he pocketed.

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Ok Moriyama…so toxic prayer circles up to who knows what, and yer the education guy with a sharp pen signin off all the papers and got a blindfold on. Some story ya got goin on there.

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