Prosecutors may charge two ex-aides of ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa without arrest for allegedly failing to list more than \400 million in his funds management body's 2004 political funds report, sources said Friday. The two are Lower House member Tomohiro Ishikawa, 36, of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and Takanori Okubo, 48, a former state-funded secretary to Ozawa.
Ishikawa was one of the secretaries to Ozawa at that time. Ishikawa won a Lower House seat from the Hokkaido proportional representation block for the first time in 2007 and was re-elected in the August 2009 general election.Both are expected to be indicted on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law for allegedly failing to list the funds involved in the political funds report.
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No Kadena switch for Futenma, Okada says
The Japan Times Dec. 6, 2009
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada hinted Saturday that he will abandon the idea of moving U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to nearby U.S. Kadena Air Base,
saying options are running out for the relocation of the facility.
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The Legacy of 1989 Is Still Up for Debate
The NewYork Times Nov.9,2009
The historical legacy of 1989,when the Berlin Wall fell and the cold war thawed,is as political as the upheavals of that decisive year.
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Lack of vision,flair sank bid : expert
The Japan Times Oct. 4, 2009
As Tokyo lost the race to host the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro early Saturday, experts, while praising the bid's promisies of secure funding and safety, criticized it as lacking vision and panache.
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With Bold Stand, Japan Opposition Wins a Landslide
The New York Times Aug. 31, 2009
Japan’s voters cast out the Liberal Democratic Party for only the second time in postwar history on Sunday, handing a landslide victory to a party that campaigned on a promise to reverse a generation-long economic decline and to redefine Tokyo’s relationship with Washington.
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Bill Clinton has quite a story to tell
Reuters Aug.5,2009
After his talk with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, Bill Clinton sure has a story to tell.
And one of the first in line to hear his tale is President Barack Obama.
"I suspect that President Clinton will have some interesting observations from his trip and I will let
him provide those to me, "Obama told MSNBC on Wednesday.
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Tension Runs High in China's Uighur Region
The Dong A. com Jul.8,2009
Bloody clashes between police and protesters have erupted in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, for two days from Sunday. Tension is running high and retaliatory attacks are likely between the Uighurs and Han Chinese.
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Signs in North point to Kim's third son being heir
The Japan Times May 21, 2009
Students in North Korea are singing songs in praise of Kim Jong Il's third son and potential successor, Kim Jong Un, a recently obtained report said, indicating that a full-scale power shift may be on as news of the North Korean leader's ailing health fuels speculation over who will lead the reclusive state in the days ahead.
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Nation's first H1N1 cases land in Narita Three on plane hospitalized, 49 kept in hotel
The Japan Times May 10,2009
Three Japanese males who arrived at Narita airport from Canada via the United States on Friday were confirmed to be infected with the new H1N1 strain of influenza, marking the first cases of so-called swine flu in Japan, the health ministry said Saturday.
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In a hard-fought final,Japan stays on top of the world
Herald Tribune Mar.24,2009
To Japan and South Korea,the final of the World Baseball Classic was more than the last game of a 16-team tournament.It was the chance,the prized chance, to subdue a despised rival and be called the best team in the world.
It was an opportunity for one proud country to incense another.
