. >>> tokyo governor yoichi masuzoe has addressed allegations that he used an official expense account for personal uses. he says he will cover some of the costs himself. a weekly magazine aeged that he covered expenses for family vacations with funds ear-marked for political activities. an expense report shows that his now-defunct political organization spent around $3400 for two meetings at a hotel outside tokyo. the meetings were in january 2013 and january 2014, before he took office as governor. he says the expenses were for meetings held in hotel rooms with his aides. >> translator: i used rooms where my family was staying for meetings, which caused a misunderstanding. i am ashamed of that. >> he says the meetings were to plan strategies for the gubernatorial election and other matters. the expense report includes ten payments to restaurants. masuzoe says five of them were mistakenly listed as related to his political activities. he says he will remove those five payments from the report and cover the costs himself. >>> many japanese companies have released their earnings reports

. >>> tokyo has come no the spotlight for the financial dealings of its governor, yoichi masuzoe has admitted using political funds for private dining and family trips. a weekly magazine alleges that vacatis with fundss for family earmarked for political activities. an expense report shows that his now defunct political organization spent 34,000 for two meetings at a hotel. the meetings were in january 2013 and january 2014, before he took office as governor. he says the expenses were for meetings in hotel rooms with his aides. >> translator: i used rooms where my family was staying for meetings, which caused a misunderstanding. i am ashamed of that. >> masuzoe said the meetings were to plan strategies for the gubernatorial election and other matters. the expense report includes ten payments to restaurants. masuzoe said five were mistakenly listed as related to his political activities. he said he'll remove those five payments from the report and cover the costs himself. >>> u.s. retail sales in april were higher than expected. they marked the largest gain in more than a year. econom