Japan minister denies ties to hate speech group, government saysTOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese cabinet minister did not know that people with whom she was photographed years ago belonged to a right-wing group now known for “hate speech” demos, a government spokesman said on Thursday, the third recent case of politically embarrassing snapshots of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s new leadership line-up. Japan's new Minister-in-Charge of the Abduction Issue and head of
