TOKYO -- In a sworn testimony to the Japanese Diet on Thursday, nationalist educator Yasunori Kagoike described in colorful detail how he received cash in an envelope from Akie Abe, the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
"She told her aide to leave us," Kagoike said, "and when we were alone, she handed me an envelope with 1 million yen ($9,000) in it, saying 'Please, this is from Shinzo Abe.'"