The former Okinawa deputy governor who resigned earlier this week over claims he pressured an education official to secure teaching jobs for three people said Thursday he has filed a defamation complaint against the man he allegedly asked for the favor.
Mitsuo Ageda, who was a key local representative in talks with the central government on a plan to relocate a U.S. base within Okinawa, again denied the charge by former Superintendent of Schools Akira Moromizato that he asked him to make the appointments at local public schools.
The former deputy governor is alleged to have told Moromizato to "please take care of it" when he handed him a note.