Japan prosecutors seek to query former PM Abe in political funding case: Media

Prosecutors have asked Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to report for voluntary questioning in a case they are building against his secretary over unreported political funds involving as much as 40 million yen ($382,848), the media said on Thursday. Ex-premier Abe, who stepped down due to ill health in September, is under fire after sources told media his office helped cover the costs of dinner parties for supporters, a possible violation of funding laws that conflicts with Abe’s vehement...