Japan Olympics Minister says reports of illegal funds 'completely groundless

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympics minister said on Wednesday a report that his political support groups had received illegal funds was "completely groundless", while a top official said it would pose no problems for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government. The issue arises at a delicate time for Abe, who is trying to enact a sweeping change of security policy despite widespread public opposition, and also as outrage grows over ballooning costs for Tokyo's hosting of the Summer Olympic Games in 2020. Political support groups for Toshiaki Endo, who took up the newly created post of Olympics minister late last month, may have received 5 million yen ($41,000) in donations from four officials in a livestock firm in his political district in 2013, the Sankei Shimbun daily reported on Wednesday.
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