Former Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Kanezo Muraoka reiterated Wednesday he had nothing to do with a shady 100 million yen donation made to his party faction and claimed money matters were handled by others, including former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka.
Muraoka, himself a former chief Cabinet secretary, was charged in September with failing to list the donation from the Japan Dental Association in the official political funds report of the faction, then headed by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.
The remarks were unusual in that they were made to opposition lawmakers who had gathered to get to the bottom of the matter.