Former Maruha official arrested for tax evasion

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the head office of Maruha Corp., Japan's seafood industry leader in Tokyo's Otemachi district, which was searched May 9 on suspicion of tax evasion. Prosecutors arrested the company's former senior official over the accusations the same day.

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