Kihei Maekawa, the former vice education minister who rocked the political arena last month by vouching for the leaked documents behind the Kake Gakuen scandal, told reporters Friday he is concerned about a related issue: the relationship between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet and the media.
Maekawa also urged Abe to fulfill his responsibility to respond properly to the claims against him.
"I have recognized a totally new problem, which is about the relationship between the state power and the media," Maekawa told a news conference at the Japan National Press Club.