Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose revealed a document Tuesday purportedly showing he borrowed ¥50 million from Lower House member Takeshi Tokuda last November, defending his claim that the money, from the scandal-tainted Tokushukai hospital group founded by Tokuda's father, was a personal loan and stressing he does not intend to resign.
At a Tuesday morning news conference at the Metropolitan Government Building, the governor showed an IOU of ¥50 million from Takeshi Tokuda, dated Nov. 20, 2012, with Inose's signature and address.
"I put my signature on the document prepared by Tokuda" when meeting with the politician at his Diet office in Nagata-cho on Nov. 20 last year, Inose claimed.