Ex-PM Abe's office may have illegally spent millions of yen on parties

The office of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is suspected of covering a shortfall of about 8 million yen ($76,000) spent on dinner functions held for supporters during his time as leader, a possible violation of the political funds control law, sources with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday.Prosecutors have questioned one of Abe's secretaries and multiple other supporters over allegations that his office illegally paid an amount for each dinner function held annually between 2013 and 2019 at Tokyo hotels.At least one of them has confirmed that some costs had been covered by…READ FULL ARTICLE