Japanese prosecutors have asked former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to explain allegations that his political group illegally covered shortfalls in the cost of dinners for supporters, sources close to the matter said Thursday.The prosecutors have also decided to build a case against one of his state-paid secretaries for allegedly not recording incomes and expenditures related to the dinner functions. The total income and costs not declared in political fund reports possibly exceed 40 million yen ($383,000), they said.The prosecutors plan to question Abe sometime after the current extraordinary…READ FULL ARTICLE
