Construction firm exec held for threatening lawmaker

Construction firm exec held for threatening lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmaker Masaaki Itokawa responds to questions from reporters in the Diet on Feb. 22 after a construction company executive was arrested on suspicion of verbally threatening him over his parliamentary questions about land deals involving the executive's firm.

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