Ex-gov't spokesman Muraoka indicted over donation scandal

Ex-gov't spokesman Muraoka indicted over donation scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kanezo Muraoka, former chief cabinet secretary, speaks to a group of reporters at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 25 about his alleged involvement in a political donation scandal. He denied the allegation but prosecutors indicted him on Sept. 26 while not taking him into custody on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law by backing a plan to hide a 100 million yen political donation his faction received from the Japan Dental Association in July 2001. (Pool photo)

Ex-gov't spokesman Muraoka indicted over donation scandal

Ex-gov't spokesman Muraoka indicted over donation scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kanezo Muraoka, former chief cabinet secretary, speaks to a group of reporters at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 25 about his alleged involvement in a political donation scandal. He denied the allegation but prosecutors indicted him on Sept. 26 while not taking him into custody on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law by backing a plan to hide a 100 million yen political donation his faction received from the Japan Dental Association in July 2001. (Kyodo)

Court fines ex-gov't employee

Court fines ex-gov't employee

TOKYO, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry employee Shinichi Ujibashi gives out handbills to passers-by near the Tokyo High Court on May 13, 2010, before the court hands down a sentence on him for his distribution of a Japanese Communist Party newspaper at a Tokyo police quarter. The appeals court upheld a guilty sentence and fined him for violating a law restricting public servants' involvement in political activities. (Kyodo)