TOKYO, March 12 — Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said this morning he had no intention to resign over revelations that documents related to a state land sale were altered.
“It’s extremely regrettable and I apologise for this,” Aso told reporters, when asked whether he felt responsible as head of the ministry involved in the alterations.
He said the alterations were conducted by bureaucrats at the finance ministry’s division in charge of state land sales. — Reuters
