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.
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.
Three former top executives of a major Japanese clothing manufacturer embroiled in an Olympic bribery scandal have moved to put the matter behind them as quickly as possible.
Authorities in the seaside resort city of Atami where a landslide in July killed at least 26 people were fully aware of the risk of landfill on a steep mountainside collapsing in torrential rain but inexplicably deferred a decision in ordering urgent construction work to fix the problem.
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