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By announcing indictments in a funding scandal that has rocked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Tokyo prosecutors effectively signaled Jan. 19 they had wound up their investigation but that might not be the end of it.
The arrest of Lower House member Yoshitaka Ikeda was an “emergency measure” to prevent the lawmaker from further destroying evidence in a funding scandal that has rocked the Japanese political world, investigative sources said.
Prosecutors trying to unravel a money scandal that has rocked factions in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are running out of time to target key individuals in the groups.
The Tokyo District Court on April 21 handed a suspended sentence to the former chairman of a men’s apparel company who was convicted of giving bribes related to the Tokyo Olympics.