Yosano, Watanabe allegedly receive money from dummy political bo

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano (L in this file photo) and former administrative reform minister Yoshimi Watanabe are hit by a money scandal June 23. A commodities futures trading agency provided a total of 90 million yen in political donations to the two through a dummy political body. (Kyodo)

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