A secretary of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe encouraged local officials in 2015 to proceed with a project to open a veterinary school run by a close friend of Abe's, saying it was a "matter concerning the prime minister," a prefectural government document obtained by Kyodo News and other media showed Tuesday.The revelation revived suspicions that Abe used his influence in the government's approval of a veterinary department of a university operated by Kake Educational Institution, headed by his longtime friend Kotaro Kake.(File photo taken in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, on April 2, 2018, showing…READ FULL ARTICLE
