Fukushiro Nukaga, who stepped down from his post last week as minister of economic and fiscal policy, announced Tuesday his intention to explain his involvement with the scandal-tainted mutual aid organization KSD at a political ethics council.
"I will make clear the facts at a session of the Council on Political Ethics and prove myself innocent," Nukaga told senior members of the Liberal Democratic Party at a faction meeting.
He said he will take the proper procedures to convene the council after the Diet opens today.
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