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TORAO TOKUDA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 18, 2014
Key figure in hospital-election scandal failed to declare ¥100 million: sources
Tax authorities have found that a central suspect in an election scandal involving a major hospital chain failed to report about ¥100 million in taxable income in 2006, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2014
Prosecutors raid sites linked to ex-Tokyo Gov. Inose
The investigation into ¥50 million that Naoki Inose received from a major hospital chain leads prosecutors to search locations linked to Tokyo's former governor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2013
Inose calling it quits over money scandal
Scandal-ridden Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose announced his resignation Thursday for taking money from a hospital operator mired in allegations of election law violations involving a Diet member.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 14, 2013
Diet lawmaker's sister admits election fraud
The sister of Lower House lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda admits in court to illegally providing him vote-buying funds for the 2012 general election campaign.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 27, 2013
Inose in denial mode as cash cloud hangs heavier
Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose's failure to declare a whopping u00a550 million he received from a shady hospital tycoon sees his political career take a pounding.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2013
Defiant Inose reveals Tokuda loan document
Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose reveals a document purportedly showing he borrowed u00a550 million from Lower House member Takeshi Tokuda last fall, defending his claim that the money was a personal loan and he does not intend to resign.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2013
Activists file criminal complaint against Tokyo governor
A citizens' group has filed a criminal complaint against Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose for receiving ¥50 million from a hospital chain at the center of his campaign money scandal, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 25, 2013
Hospital source disputes Inose's loan story
Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose sought a ¥100 million donation before last year's gubernatorial election from the hospital organization currently at the center of a major fraud scandal, a source close to the group said, challenging the governor's claim that he never asked for that amount.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 23, 2013
Tokyo Gov. Inose allegedly tried to milk ¥100 million from scandal-hit hospital group
Tokyo's governor sought a u00a5100 million campaign donation last year from a hospital organization currently at the center of a major fraud scandal, a source claims.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2013
Chief of scandal-tainted Japanese hospital chain offers to resign
Torao Tokuda, chief of the Tokushukai hospital chain, offered Tuesday to resign as head of the core firm of the mammoth medical and welfare service group amid an election fraud scandal involving his son and hospital staff.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 18, 2013
Tokuda's prior campaigns also under scrutiny
A hospital group suspected of illegally deploying staff to support last year's election campaign for Rep. Takeshi Tokuda allegedly did the same in other elections.

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