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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

TOKYO, Japan, March 27 Kyodo - Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness.

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

TOKYO, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Kihei Maekawa, a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, attends a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness about allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department.

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Ex-bureaucrat acquitted of political paper case

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers rush from the Tokyo High Court building in Tokyo on March 29, 2010, to spread word of the court's decision to acquit a former bureaucrat of involvement in illegal political activities. The sign (R) reads ''Innocence.'' '

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Takenaka raps nomination of ex-bureaucrat to head Japan Post

TOKYO, Japan - Former economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka, the main architect of postal privatization under former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2009. Takenaka criticized the government's naming of a former bureaucrat to head Japan Post Holdings Co.

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Ex-bureaucrat Katayama wins in Shizuoka

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Satsuki Katayama celebrates at her election campaign office in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 12 after finding out she was certain to capture the Shizuoka No. 7 district seat in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election.

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Ex-bureaucrat wins Niigata governorship election

TOKYO, Japan - Hirohiko Izumida (C) and his supporters celebrate Izumi's victory in the Niigata gubernatorial election at his election campaign office in Niigata on Oct. 17. Izumida, a former Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry bureaucrat backed by the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner New Komeito, becomes the youngest governor in Japan at 42.

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New science, technology minister Tanahashi is ex-bureaucrat, lawyer

TOKYO, Japan - Yasufumi Tanahashi, a third-term House of Representatives member, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27 after being appointed as state minister in charge of science and technology as well as information technology in the Cabinet reshuffle.

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Ex-bureaucrat Murai gets top security post

TOKYO, Japan - Jin Murai, the new chairman of the National Public Safety Commission which controls the nation's police force, speaks at a news conference April 26. Murai is a former bureaucrat at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry who also worked at the Defense Agency.

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New science, technology minister Tanahashi is ex-bureaucrat, law

TOKYO, Japan - Yasufumi Tanahashi, a third-term House of Representatives member, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27 after being appointed as state minister in charge of science and technology as well as information technology in the Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo)

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Ex-bureaucrat wins Niigata governorship election

TOKYO, Japan - Hirohiko Izumida (C) and his supporters celebrate Izumi's victory in the Niigata gubernatorial election at his election campaign office in Niigata on Oct. 17. Izumida, a former Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry bureaucrat backed by the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner New Komeito, becomes the youngest governor in Japan at 42. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-bureaucrat Katayama wins in Shizuoka

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Satsuki Katayama celebrates at her election campaign office in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 12 after finding out she was certain to capture the Shizuoka No. 7 district seat in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election. (Kyodo)

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Ex-bureaucrat acquitted of political paper case

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers rush from the Tokyo High Court building in Tokyo on March 29, 2010, to spread word of the court's decision to acquit a former bureaucrat of involvement in illegal political activities. The sign (R) reads ''Innocence.'' '(Kyodo)

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (R, seated) looks down during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, when he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in document scandal

Undated photo shows Nobuhisa Sagawa, former head of the Financial Bureau of Japan's Finance Ministry (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Combined photo shows former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa showing a variety of facial expressions during sworn testimony before parliament in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (C) leaves after testifying before the House of Representatives Budget Committee as a sworn witness in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (C) leaves after testifying before the House of Representatives Budget Committee as a sworn witness in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (bottom L) attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (L) bows after testifying before the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Pedestrians in Osaka watch a broadcast of sworn testimony being given by former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa at parliament on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

People protest around parliamentary buildings in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, calling into question the testimony of former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa being given at the Diet the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa, testifying as a sworn witness during a House of Councillors session in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, bows in apology for the government's falsification of documents related to the heavily discounted sale of state land at the center of favoritism allegations plaguing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, where he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, where he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, where he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa signs a written oath before giving testimony at a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa takes the oath before testifying at a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa arrives at the parliament in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, when he will testify before the House of Councillors' Budget Committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa arrives at the parliament in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, when he will testify before the House of Councillors' Budget Committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal to testify in Diet

The House of Councillors budget committee decides in Tokyo on March 20, 2018, that former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa will give sworn testimony in the Diet on March 27 over the falsification of government documents linked to cronyism allegations against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal to testify in Diet

The House of Councillors budget committee decides in Tokyo on March 20, 2018, that former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa will give sworn testimony in the Diet on March 27 over the falsification of government documents linked to cronyism allegations against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa, a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, attends a House of Councillors committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness about allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa, a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, attends a House of Councillors committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness about allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa, a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, speaks at a House of Councillors committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, testifying as an unsworn witness about allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa (L), a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, attends a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness about allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda is seen on the right side. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa, a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, speaks at a House of Councillors committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, testifying as an unsworn witness about allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda is seen on the left side. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa, a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, attends a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness about allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa, a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, attends a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness about allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa, a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, attends a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness about allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa, a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, speaks at a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness on allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks in a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, on allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda speaks in a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, on allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda gets ready to speak in a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, on allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa (front), a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, speaks at a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness on allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliament summons ex-bureaucrat over Abe's alleged favoritism

Kihei Maekawa (C), a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, heads to a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on July 10, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness on allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takenaka raps nomination of ex-bureaucrat to head Japan Post

TOKYO, Japan - Former economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka, the main architect of postal privatization under former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2009. Takenaka criticized the government's naming of a former bureaucrat to head Japan Post Holdings Co. (Kyodo)