Senior Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers said Tuesday the DPJ could not prove the credibility of an e-mail allegedly sent by Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie seeking a 30 million yen transfer to a son of Tsutomu Takebe, the Liberal Democratic Party secretary general.
DPJ President Seiji Maehara later dodged a reporter's question when asked how he would take responsibility for raising the e-mail issue if it proved to be fabricated, only saying his party will continue efforts to promote probes into the scandal.
But he also claimed the DPJ may reveal new information about Horie's links to Takebe, without elaborating.
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