Muraoka pleads not guilty to hiding donation

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka (L) arrives at the Tokyo District Court on Dec. 14. He pleaded not guilty to hiding a 100 million yen political donation from a dentists' lobby to the largest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which he belonged. (Kyodo)

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000027349

Registered date
2004/12/14 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source

Media size
1222 × 1795 pixel

Resolution
72 dpi

Deployment size
350.91(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Lower house by-elections in Japan

Toshimitsu Motegi (C), secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters at the party headquarters in Tokyo after the ruling party lost three seats in House of Representatives by-elections on April 28, 2024.

Lower house by-elections in Japan

Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters at the party headquarters in Tokyo after the ruling party lost three seats in House of Representatives by-elections on April 28, 2024.

LDP punishes 39 members over funds scandal

Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on April 4, 2024, after the party's disciplinary committee announced punishments for 39 members over a political funds scandal, including urging two heavyweights to leave the party.

LDP punishes 39 members over funds scandal

Toshimitsu Motegi (C), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on April 4, 2024, after the party's disciplinary committee announced punishments for 39 members over a political funds scandal, including urging two heavyweights to leave the party.

LDP punishes 39 members over funds scandal

Toshimitsu Motegi (L), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on April 4, 2024, after the party's disciplinary committee announced punishments for 39 members over a political funds scandal, including urging two heavyweights to leave the party.

N. Korea fires ballistic missile

TOKYO, Japan, April 2 Kyodo - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayahi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 2, 2024, after North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

LDP eyes punishing members over scandal, leaves out Kishida

TOKYO, Japan, April 1 Kyodo -The Liberal Democratic Party said Monday it will pursue punishment for 39 members over a political funds scandal that has rattled the ruling party since late last year, notably excluding Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and party heavyweight Toshihiro Nikai who has decided not to seek reelection as a lawmaker.The LDP has come under intense scrutiny since some of its factions, including the largest one formerly led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, were found to have neglected to report portions of fundraising party revenue for years, with hundreds of millions of yen passed back to members.(Kyodo)

UNRWA chief in Tokyo

Philippe Lazzarini (2nd from L), commissioner general of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, known as UNRWA, attends a meeting of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on March 29, 2024.

LDP heavyweight Nikai at press conference

Toshihiro Nikai, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight, holds a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 25, 2024. The former LDP secretary general said he will not run in the next general election, following a political funds scandal that engulfed his intraparty faction.