Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose revealed a document Tuesday purportedly showing he borrowed ?50 million from Lower House member Takeshi Tokuda last November, defending his claim that the money, from the scandal-tainted Tokushukai hospital group founded by Tokuda¡¯s father, was a personal loan and stressing he does not intend to resign.
At a Tuesday morning news conference at the Metropolitan Government Building, the governor showed an IOU of ?50 million from Takeshi Tokuda, dated Nov. 20, 2012, with Inose¡¯s signature and address.
¡°I put my signature on the document prepared by Tokuda¡± when meeting with the politician at his Diet office in Nagata-cho on Nov. 20 last year, Inose claimed.
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