The war of words continued Friday at the Diet as Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe fended off opposition claims of shady financial ties between his son and jailed Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie.
Takebe told reporters Friday morning that he has checked the account records of his second son and found no money transferred to him from Horie as alleged Thursday by a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker who claimed to have a secret e-mail from the company.
Takebe said he has already handed his son's banking records to managing members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, where the allegation was first raised by DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata of Chiba Prefecture.