Mainichi :: Wednesday, June 24, 2009

• Financial bigwigs got donations through dummy group
  Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano and former financial services minister Yoshimi Watanabe received tens of millions of yen in donations from five companies up until 2005 through a dummy organization, the Mainichi has learned. continued ...


• Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru offers to run for LDP in upcoming elections, for a price
  MIYAZAKI -- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election bureau chief Makoto Koga met with Miyazaki Prefectural Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru on Tuesday with an official request to run for the LDP in the upcoming Lower House election. continued ...