Japan's Aso on land sale scandal

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso is hitting the wires, commenting on the scandal that saw Japan's Finance Ministry modify documents to cover the personal relationship between the Prime Minister and a school developer that purchased government land at a steep discount.

Aso has stated that it was a mistake to ask the school official to lie and that the Finance Ministry erred when it tried to develop a cover story for the modified documents. The land sale scandal has impacted PM Shinzo Abe's standing within his own government, and his popularity is suffering.