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Accused of rape, Tsuyoshi Tabata leaves LDP, in latest 'terrible third-time lawmaker’ scandal
House of Representatives member Tsuyoshi Tabata left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday, joining the LDP's cohort of "terrible third-time lawmakers" considered prone to scandals and gaffes. The LDP accepted the resignation of Tabata, 46, who was elected for the third time to the ...
'Nut rage' Korean Air heiress now accused of child abuse by husband amid divorce proceedings
The husband of a Korean Air heiress known for a "nut rage" tantrum that sparked uproar in South Korea has accused his wife of abusing him and their young children, police said on Thursday. Cho Hyun-ah shot to international infamy in 2014 when she lost ...
Trump denies asking Matthew Whitaker to change hush-money probe and tap recused ally to take over
President Donald Trump denied a New York Times report that he asked then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to intervene in a federal investigation of hush-money payments to the president's alleged former mistresses during the 2016 election campaign. "No, I didn't," Trump told reporters at the ...
'Crime may have been committed' by Trump, fired deputy FBI chief Andrew McCabe says
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview that aired Sunday that a "crime may have been committed" when President Donald Trump fired the head of the FBI and tried to publicly undermine an investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia. McCabe also ...
It was one of the most infamous companies in Japan, rocking the nation with a corporate scandal that ousted a prime minister and then nearly collapsing under a mountain of debt. Now, Recruit Holdings Co. is back, reinvented by a group of employees who quietly ...
Pakistani court indicts opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif in housing scam
A Pakistani anti-graft tribunal has indicted the country's opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif over his alleged links to a multimillion-dollar housing scam in the eastern city of Lahore. Sharif was arrested in October on charges of abusing power as chief minister of Punjab from 2013 to ...
Change to labor survey method was conveyed to government spokesman Yoshihide Suga in 2015
The ministry made adjustments for the survey from January 2018, without disclosing them, and year-on-year changes in nominal wages appeared better than they actually were.
LDP lawmaker Tsuyoshi Tabata to leave ruling party over affair
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Tsuyoshi Tabata has tendered his resignation from the ruling party due to his affair with a woman, sources related to the party said Friday. The LDP's leadership team is expected to approve the resignation of Tabata, 46, soon, according to the ...
Mueller says searches yielded evidence of Stone-WikiLeaks communications
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller disclosed for the first time Friday that his office has evidence of communications between Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, and WikiLeaks related to the release of hacked Democratic Party emails. In a court filing on Friday, ...
Paul Manafort faces more than 19 years in prison, U.S. court papers show
Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, could spend more than 19 years in prison on tax and bank fraud charges, according to court papers filed Friday. Documents filed by special counsel Robert Mueller's office reveal that Manafort faces the lengthiest prison ...
Nissan and Renault to prevent next leader from having too much power over auto alliance
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa and new Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard held their second day of talks in Japan on Friday.
Calls mounting for JOC chief Takeda to resign amid bribery scandal
Yasuhiro Yamashita, the 61-year-old head of the Japan Judo Federation, has been floated as a possible successor to run the JOC.
