Senior METI official arrested over insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Masaaki Kimura, a senior official of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Japanese prosecutors on Jan. 12, 2012, arrested him on suspicion of engaging in insider stock trading involving a state-led bailout for microchip maker Elpida Memory Inc. (Kyodo)

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