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CORRUPTION

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 7, 2015
Dark side of the mooncakes: China warns against extravagance as gift-giving season looms
Chinese media are not allowed to carry advertising that uses "extravagant wording" to promote gifts over upcoming holidays, the ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog said, as the mooncake season approaches.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2015
U.S. warns China against harassing expats to return home: N.Y. Times
The United States has sent a warning to Beijing about Chinese agents it says are operating covertly in the United States to pressure fugitives, including some suspected of corruption, to return to China, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2015
South Korea pardons SK Group leader amid growing discontent
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday gave pardons to 6,527 people, including the chairman of the country's third-largest conglomerate, the SK Group, citing, in part, Seoul's efforts to revive a sputtering economy.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 4, 2015
Najib's critics unbowed after anti-graft agency calls $700 million 'donation'
Malaysian opposition parties and activists kept up pressure on Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday, undeterred by an anti-corruption agency statement apparently clearing him of receiving nearly $700 million from the debt-laden state fund 1MDB.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 3, 2015
Malaysia says $675 million in Najib accounts are donations
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said its investigations found that 2.6 billion ringgit ($675 million) in Prime Minister Najib Razak's personal accounts are donations and not from a debt-ridden state investment company.
WORLD
Aug 2, 2015
Chinese military paper warns a corrupt army does not win wars
The Chinese military's official newspaper warned on Sunday that a corrupt army would not win wars, three days after the government announced a former senior officer would be prosecuted for graft.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 31, 2015
China's Xi swats 'blood-sucking mosquitoes' as graft push goes small
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has likened his nationwide corruption purge to hunting tigers and swatting flies, is sending Communist Party graft-busters after an even more annoying pest: mosquitoes.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2015
China investigates former vice-minister of environmental protection for graft
China's former vice minister of environmental protection has been placed under investigation for "severe disciplinary and law violation," the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency said on Thursday, using a common euphemism for corruption.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2015
Obama: Africa's 'Big Men' should quit when time is up
Judging by the applause at the African Union headquarters, Barack Obama hit a chord when he took aim at the continent's "Big Men," telling them they should quit when their time was up — especially since most have the cash to retire comfortably.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2015
Malaysian leader Najib sacks deputy as fallout from financial scandal grows
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak removed his deputy in a Cabinet reshuffle, potentially widening their public rift over financial scandals linked to the state investment company.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2015
Najib urges patience on graft probe, warns against discord
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called for patience on investigations into the state investment company, warning infighting in the ruling party would risk sowing voter discord.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2015
In graft crackdown, China's Xi touts ideals of revolutionary forebears
China's military must learn from the glorious, uncorrupt example of its revolutionary forebears and thoroughly banish the deep-rooted, pernicious influence of the army's worst corruption scandal in decades, President Xi Jinping has told officers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 8, 2015
Graft claims dog Malaysia Prime Minister Najib after report links cash to leader
Malaysian police raided the office of troubled state investment fund 1MDB on Wednesday, following a report that claimed investigators looking into the firm found nearly $700 million had been transferred to Prime Minister Najib Razak's bank account.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 5, 2015
Thai sex shops, street bars survive graft crackdown; some call it a junta show
Fern's cocktail bar appears each night on a sidewalk between a group of scantily clad women from the go-go club next door and a noodle stall near one of Bangkok's infamous red-light districts. By morning it has vanished.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2015
Chinese officials may have to pledge allegiance to constitution
Chinese officials may have to pledge allegiance to the constitution when they take up their posts, Xinhua News Agency said on Wednesday, reporting that a draft law is being considered as part of a campaign to stamp out abuses of position.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2015
Ecuador now exporting its kangaroo courts
These days, whenever the Organization of American States convenes — as it did last week in Washington for its 45th general assembly — magical thinking takes over.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 11, 2015
Ex-Chinese official, wanted for graft, applies for U.S. asylum
A former senior Chinese official who went into hiding after being sought by anti-corruption investigators has applied for asylum in the United States after been detained there, state media said on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2015
China says hunt for overseas graft suspects will be long struggle
Law enforcement officials must be prepared for a long struggle in the campaign to get corrupt officials who have fled abroad back to China, with 214 suspects being returned to the country as of the end of May, the Ministry of Public Security said.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.

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