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Abe apologizes, but isn't charged for cherry blossom scandal

by Mari Yamaguchi
| December 24, 2020 7:36 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologized Thursday after prosecutors declined to indict him for illegal payments his office made involving dinner receptions for his supporters during Japan's popular cherry blossom season.

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