Ex-LDP heavyweight Murakami quits Diet over KSD scandal

Ex-LDP heavyweight Murakami quits Diet over KSD scandal

TOKYO, Japan - A post bearing the name of Masakuni Murakami, a senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party, lies on its side Feb. 26 at his seat in the House of Councillors in Tokyo. A plenary session of the upper house endorsed his resignation the same day. Murakami allegedly received 50 million yen in cash in 1996 from Tadao Koseki, head of KSD, a scandal-tainted mutual aid foundation.

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