An elementary school at the center of an ongoing scandal being built on land acquired through a questionable deal with the central government will not open next month as scheduled unless additional documents are submitted by March 14, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui has said.
The school operator, Moritomo Gakuen, has been asked to submit to the prefectural government its plans for removing a large volume of earth containing old garbage at the school construction site in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, as well as on how it will finance the school.
The school project has drawn intense scrutiny in the Diet following the disclosure that Moritomo Gakuen purchased the land for the school from the government at a fraction of its appraisal price.