Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apologized for being accused of expanding the wife's influence in selling a government school at a lower price.

He apologized to the people of Japan in a speech at the party's annual conference on Sunday.In February of last year, Abe's wife Ekie was accused of fraud against government's land sale documents. The investigation committee was formed in the incident. The committee recently said in their report, that the owner of a primary school helped to get land at low prices. After the publication of the issue, the demand for Aba's resignation started arising. When Abye was delivering the lecture at the party's annual conference on Sunday, the protesters demanded the resignation of the prime minister outside the conference hall.Abe said, "The problem has shocked the people's confidence in the administration. As the head of the government, I take the responsibility of this, and I sincerely apologize to the people''.