FRC chief Kuze to be sacked over perks

FRC chief Kuze to be sacked over perks

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo of Financial Reconstruction Commission chief Kimitaka Kuze, 71, who is likely to be sacked July 30 in connection with the receipt of benefits and payments from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium builder Daikyo. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has decided to fire Kuze following a new revelation that Kuze received 100 million yen from the president of Daikyo in 1991 to help him recruit new members of the Liberal Democratic Party. Kuze will be the first member of Mori's cabinet, formed July 4, to step down.

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