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YASUNORI KAGOIKE

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 12, 2023
Prison terms to be finalized for couple in Abe cronyism scandal
The Supreme Court upheld an earlier court ruling that imposed prison terms on Yasunori Kagoike, former head of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, and his wife, Junko.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 18, 2022
Couple at heart of Abe cronyism scandal found guilty again over fraud
The Osaka High Court upheld a lower court decision that handed down a five-year prison term to Yasunori Kagoike, while his wife, Junko, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2020
Moritomo Gakuen couple in Abe cronyism scandal found guilty of fraud
The former head of a nationalist school operator and his wife were found guilty of receiving u00a556.4 million in government subsidies illegally for the construction of an elementary school.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2019
Prosecutors seek seven-year term for couple at center of cronyism scandal linked to Abe
Prosecutors on Wednesday sought a seven-year prison term for the former head of a school operator and his wife at the heart of a cronyism scandal linked to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in relation to fraud valued at over ¥170 million ($1.6 million) involving public subsidies for their schools.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2019
Kagoike couple at heart of Japan PM Abe's Moritomo Gakuen cronyism scandal plead not guilty
The former head of a school operator and his wife, who are at the heart of a cronyism scandal linked to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of fraud related to public subsidies for their schools, claiming their arrests were politically motivated.
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2018
Finance Ministry's Moritomo document ploy not linked to vow to resign, Abe says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denies the Finance Ministry's document-tampering and disposal bids were triggered by his pledge last year to resign if evidence proved he or his wife were involved in the Moritomo Gakuen land scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 25, 2018
Moritomo chief Yasunori Kagoike freed on bail, dares Abe to ‘tell the truth’ about Osaka land deal
Former Moritomo Gakuen President Yasunori Kagoike and his wife have spent about 10 months behind bars since they were arrested on suspicion of subsidy fraud.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 23, 2018
Finance Ministry comes clean on Moritomo land deal cover-up, releases 'discarded' documents
The Finance Ministry admits to the disposing of documents to cover up its Moritomo Gakuen negotiations, releasing records detailing exchanges on the steep land price discount given to the school operator.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2018
Kagoike certain Akie Abe spoke favorably to him about Moritomo land deal, lawmakers say after detention visit
Politicians pay a visit to the former head of Moritomo Gakuen to ascertain what Akie Abe knew and said about his school's nifty land deal with the government.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2018
Tax-filing season starts with a bang as Moritomo protests hit agency branches nationwide
Protesters kick off tax-filing season with demonstrations in major cities aimed at getting the chief of the National Tax Agency to resign over the Moritomo Gakuen land scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 13, 2018
Press failing to question the legal process
To ring in the new year, TBS Radio’s “Session 22” asked several notable people on Jan. 4 about their predictions for 2018. Michiko Kameishi, a human rights lawyer, commented that she is looking forward to three criminal trials that turn on confessions extracted from suspects. Two of the cases are retrials of persons who have already been convicted and served their times in prison. In both, lawyers convinced courts to retry their clients because the convictions were based solely on confessions they later recanted and which they say were coerced under questionable circumstances.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2017
Former chief of scandal-hit Osaka school operator faces another arrest for fraud
The former chief of the school operator embroiled in a scandal involving its discounted purchase of government land faced a new arrest warrant Monday for defrauding subsidies from the Osaka Prefectural Government, investigative sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 19, 2017
Kagoike soon to receive second arrest warrant over subsidy fraud
Yasunori Kagoike faces a second arrest warrant for subsidy fraud in connection with the sweetheart land deal he negotiated for his nationalist school in Osaka, sources say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 1, 2017
Close friendship with Abe and wife fell apart after final phone call, Moritomo's Kagoike claims
Yasunori Kagoike, the former head of an Osaka-based educational institution at the center of a murky real estate deal — who claims Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife were involved in the deal — used to idolize Abe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2017
Kagoikes arrested over alleged subsidy fraud involving Moritomo Gakuen schools plugged by Abe's wife
Prosecutors arrest the former chief of scandal-mired Moritomo Gakuen and his wife for allegedly defrauding the central government of subsidies for their ultranationalist school business.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2017
Ex-chief of scandal-hit school operator summoned for questioning over subsidy fraud
Prosecutors pursue a criminal investigation into former head of a scandal-mired nationalist school operator Moritomo Gakuen and his wife.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 11, 2017
Ex-Moritomo Gakuen chief Kagoike to face prosecution over subsidies: sources
Prosecutors plan to build a case against the former chief of the scandal-hit nationalist school operator Moritomo Gakuen on suspicion of unlawfully receiving subsidies from the state and local governments, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2017
Ex-Moritomo Gakuen boss to be investigated for alleged fraud
Prosecutors are set to search sites this weekend linked to the nationalist school operator at the center of a scandal tied to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, for evidence of fraud related to subsidies for its preschool, investigative sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2017
Moritomo Gakuen to lose nursery license, Osaka mayor says
Moritomo Gakuen will now lose its nursery school license because it can't secure enough qualified child care specialists to staff its Osaka city-based nursery school, Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2017
Mystery deepens over Moritomo land deal as recording with Finance Ministry emerges
The shadowy Moritomo Gakuen scandal takes a new twist after a recording of the land negotiations between its former chief and the Finance Ministry emerges.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
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For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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