Nukaga says he returned 2.2 mil. yen to defense supplier Yamada

Nukaga says he returned 2.2 mil. yen to defense supplier Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga is in a pensive mood at the House of Councillors Audit Committee on Nov. 19 during questioning about his relationships with scandal-hit defense equipment trader Yamada Corp. Nukaga said Yamada paid 2.2 million yen for his fundraising parties between 2002 and March this year but he has since returned all the money to the firm. Nukaga was defense chief from 1996 to 1998 and from September 2006 to July this year. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000037771
  • Registered date
  • 2007/11/19 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1228 × 1723 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 250.93(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japan's parliament enacts 2020 budget

    Japan's parliament enacts 2020 budget

    (From R in front row) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Finance Minister Taro Aso and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi bow after a record 102.66 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2020 was enacted during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on March 27, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      Japan's parliament enacts 2020 budget

      Japan's parliament enacts 2020 budget

      (From R) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Finance Minister Taro Aso, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga bow after a record 102.66 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2020 was enacted during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on March 27, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        PM Abe at upper house budget committee

        PM Abe at upper house budget committee

        TOKYO, Japan, March 24 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the upper house budget committee in Tokyo on March 24, 2017, a day after the head of a nationalist Osaka school operator at the center of a growing political scandal testified in parliament that Abe donated 1 million yen to his organization.
          Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

          Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

          TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yuko Obuchi (C) is seen after attending a committee session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. Obuchi spent a total of 3.62 million yen from her political funds in connection with a design office and a clothing-sundries shop run by her relatives over five years through 2012, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.
            Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

            Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

            TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yuko Obuchi heads for a committee session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. Obuchi spent a total of 3.62 million yen from her political funds in connection with a design office and a clothing-sundries shop run by her relatives over five years through 2012, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.
              Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

              Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

              TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yuko Obuchi speaks during a committee session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. Obuchi spent a total of 3.62 million yen from her political funds in connection with a design office and a clothing-sundries shop run by her relatives over five years through 2012, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.
                Japan's Diet enacts FY 2014 budget

                Japan's Diet enacts FY 2014 budget

                TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) bows after Japan's parliament enacts a budget for fiscal 2014 totaling a record 95.88 trillion yen, at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 20, 2014. At left is Finance Minister Taro Aso.
                  Censure motion planned against defense chief

                  Censure motion planned against defense chief

                  TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka raises his hand to speak during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided the same day to submit a censure motion against Tanaka, whose verbal gaffes have been criticized as being improper for a defense minister, within the current parliament session through June, in a new move to put the ruling party in the hot seat. (Kyodo)
                    Censure motion planned against defense chief

                    Censure motion planned against defense chief

                    TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka raises his hand to speak during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided the same day to submit a censure motion against Tanaka, whose verbal gaffes have been criticized as being improper for a defense minister, within the current parliament session through June, in a new move to put the ruling party in the hot seat.
                      Matsumoto to be foreign minister

                      Matsumoto to be foreign minister

                      TOKYO, Japan - Japanese State Foreign Secretary Takeaki Matsumoto responds to questions during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on March 8, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan is going to promote Matsumoto to foreign minister following Seiji Maehara's resignation over a money scandal.