Japanese ruling-party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa relented to pressure Tuesday and agreed to testify before parliament over his involvement in a funding scandal, a peace offering after weeks of escalating tensions within the party that have sapped the government's support.
The 68-year-old political leader has for weeks defied requests from the Democratic Party of Japan to testify before a parliamentary ethics committee over his role in a case involving the alleged misallocation of campaign funds. Mr. Ozawa denies any wrongdoing in a scandal that has already resulted in the arrest of two of his political aides.
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