The Tokyo District Court sentenced Takayoshi Yamaguchi, former chairman of failed multilevel marketing company Japan Life Co., to eight years in prison on Friday over a massive fraud case.
Public prosecutors had sought a 10-year prison term for Yamaguchi, 79.
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