Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi. On Oct. 30, 2014, prosecutors launched a formal investigation into irregularities in the political funds reports of groups related to Obuchi, searching the home of her former secretary and the office of a group of her supporters.

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