Ozawa's aide pleads not guilty in money scam

TOKYO, Japan - Takanori Okubo, right-hand man to Japan's top power broker Ichiro Ozawa, bows before entering the Tokyo District Court on Dec. 18, 2009, for the first hearing of a political funds scandal. Okubo, a state-paid secretary to the ruling party kingpin, pleaded not guilty in the case. (Kyodo)

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