Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

TAKASAKI, Japan - Special investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, holding cardboard boxes, enter the office of a group of supporters of former trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi, in the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2014. Prosecutors raided the office as they launched a formal investigation into irregularities in the political funds reports of groups related to Obuchi. (Kyodo)

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