TOKYO - A junior minister of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party quit on Friday amid mounting criticism over his brazen comments that he upgraded a road project as an"unspoken favour" to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Finance Minister Taro Aso.
Mr Tsukada, 55, a senior vice-minister at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, said on Monday that he upgraded a road construction project that would link Mr Abe's constituency of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi prefecture to Mr Aso's constituency of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka prefecture.
Mr Abe had earlier stood by Mr Tsukada - who belongs to the LDP faction led by Mr Aso, who is also Deputy Prime Minister - and said he did not have to resign, calling on him to"sincerely express the truth".
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