Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori offered a fresh apology before the Diet on Monday for recent corruption scandals involving LDP members and a Foreign Ministry official.
Mori's apologies came after Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition force, harshly criticized Mori's Cabinet for the scandals during a plenary session of the Lower House.
Mori rebuffed opposition claims that the Liberal Democratic Party is tainted with concessions and corruption.
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