Prosecutors question ex-Your Party head Watanabe over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yoshimi Watanabe, former head of the now-defunct opposition Your Party. Prosecutors have questioned Watanabe over an alleged violation of the political funds control law involving his political group, sources close to the matter said Dec. 19, 2014.

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