Koizumi asks Tanaka to address embezzlement allegations

Koizumi asks Tanaka to address embezzlement allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Iijima, secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, speaks to reporters April 17 in Tokyo after delivering a letter from Koizumi to former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka. It asked for her cooperation in his Liberal Democratic Party probes into allegations she misused her secretaries' state-paid salaries.

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