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CORRUPTION

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2020
Japan ex-minister Isshu Sugawara questioned over cash and gifts
The scandal came to light after a magazine reported last year that Isshu Sugawara's secretary offered condolence money to the family of a supporter who died.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2020
Aide to LDP lawmaker sentenced to 18-month term for violating election law
Anri Kawai will lose her seat representing Hiroshima once her aid's term is finalized, and the court has recognized a request for application of guilt by association.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2020
Ex-minister Katsuyuki Kawai and wife to leave LDP over scandal
The former justice minister and Anri Kawai are suspected of buying votes in the House of Councilors election in July 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 12, 2020
Kansai Electric to sue former execs for damages over bribery scandal
Outside lawyers have concluded that five former executives inflicted some u00a51.3 billion in damages to the company.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 11, 2020
South Korea top court upholds jail term for Park Geun-hye's friend
South Korea's top court Thursday upheld a lower court decision that sentenced a longtime confidante of former President Park Geun-hye to 18 years in prison over a corruption scandal that led to her 2017 ouster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2020
LDP's Anri Kawai suspected of buying votes during 2019 Upper House election
She and her husband, the former justice minister, may have handed out over u00a520 million to around 100 people in connection with the campaign, sources say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 4, 2020
South Korea seeks arrest of Samsung heir in succession probe
South Korean prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant against Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee, they said on Thursday, in the investigation of a controversial 2015 merger and alleged accounting fraud in a suspected bid to aid his succession plans.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2020
Criminal complaint filed over 2018 dinner party for Abe supporters
Around 660 lawyers and legal scholars claim Abe violated the election law by partially funding the party for supporters held at a Tokyo hotel.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 19, 2020
LDP lawmaker's secretary admits to bribing election campaigners in trial
Anri Kawai could lose her seat in the Hiroshima constituency if her secretary is found guilty and given a jail term.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 13, 2020
Charges loom for ex-justice chief Katsuyuki Kawai over poll scandal
The development appears certain to deal a further blow to the Abe government, which is facing public criticism over its handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2020
Peru's Keiko Fujimori to be freed from prison during graft investigation
Former Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori will be released from prison while she is under investigation for money laundering, her lawyer said on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2020
Home of ex-mayor searched over Japan lawmaker's election scandal
A former city mayor in Hiroshima Prefecture confirmed Sunday that his home was searched by prosecutors in connection with money misuse allegations related to a ruling party lawmaker's election campaign last year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2020
Fugitive Carlos Ghosn promises new revelations in upcoming book
The Nissan executive-turned-fugitive who escaped Japan to avoid trial for financial crimes, promised new revelations into collusion between the carmaker, prosecutors and the government.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2020
Takahama mayor linked to Kepco bribery scandal re-elected
Yutaka Nose secured his fourth term as mayor of Takahama in Fukui Prefecture on Sunday, even though his town and he himself have been embroiled in a bribery scandal involving Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kepco) and a former deputy mayor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2020
China corporate governance in doubt after two accounting scandals in week
China’s second accounting scandal in less than a week is underscoring concern over lax corporate governance at some of its fastest-growing companies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2020
Businessman paid ¥881 million by Tokyo's Olympic bid committee lobbied figure at center of French graft probe
A businessman who received millions of dollars for his work on Tokyo's successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, which were postponed in March due to COVID-19, has said he played a key role in securing the support of a former Olympics powerbroker suspected by French prosecutors of taking bribes...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 2, 2020
With suicide note and lawsuit, Moritomo scandal back to haunt Abe
With the publication of a suicide note by a former Finance Ministry official and subsequent lawsuit by his widow, the Moritomo Gakuen scandal has returned to haunt Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But with Abe saying the issue has been settled and Japan finding itself in the midst of the coronavirus crisis,...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 2, 2020
Town mayor admits to getting cash from scandal-hit ex-minister Kawai
A town mayor admitted Thursday to having received cash last year from veteran lawmaker Katsuyuki Kawai, who is involved in money misuse allegations related to his wife's Upper House campaign.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 30, 2020
Kepco vows to clean up its act after Takahama nuclear bribery scandal
Kansai Electric Power Co. on Monday pledged to improve its corporate governance after the former deputy mayor of a town that hosts one of its nuclear plants was found to have bribed company executives for decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / EXPLAINER
Mar 29, 2020
A closer look at Kansai Electric and its gift-giving scandal
Earlier this month, Kansai Electric Power Co. concluded that scores of its employees had received cash and gifts worth hundreds of millions of yen from an influential politician in a Fukui Prefecture town where the utility operates a nuclear power plant. The revelations by Kepco's investigative panel...
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.

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