(3)Seibu Railway execs held over illegal payments to racketeers

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Toda (R), president of Seibu Railway Co., and other Seibu executives, bow to reporters during a press conference at the company's head office in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on March 1 after three senior company officials were arrested on suspicion of paying off ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeers.

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