A former senior bureaucrat categorically denied Tuesday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his wife or lawmakers played any role in the falsification of government documents about the heavily discounted sale of state land at the center of favoritism allegations plaguing the premier.Speaking under oath in the Diet, former Finance Ministry official Nobuhisa Sagawa stressed that the papers were doctored within the Financial Bureau he had headed without consultations with any outside office, adding that there was no order or pressure from Abe, his wife Akie, Finance Minister Taro Aso or other poli…READ FULL ARTICLE