Prosecutors raid contractors over Ozawa fund scandal

Prosecutors raid contractors over Ozawa fund scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office raid the office of Yamazaki Construction Co. in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, over a shady land purchase by the fund management body of ruling Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa. The prosecutors searched the company, which was involved in subcontracts for a dam project in the city of Oshu in Ozawa's home turf of Iwate Prefecture, as part of efforts to clarify the flow of funds in connection with the land deal.

Parents of subway derailment victim pray at cenotaph

Parents of subway derailment victim pray at cenotaph

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Yamazaki (R) and Ichiro Yamazaki (C), whose daughter Tomomi was among five people killed in a subway derailment, offer flowers at a cenotaph in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on March 8, the first anniversary of the accident. Yasutoshi Tsuchisaka, president of Teito Rapid Transit Authority, the subway operator known as Eidan, accompanied them. The cenotaph was erected by Eidan near the site of the accident, in which a subway car derailed and plowed into an oncoming train near Nakameguro Station, killing the five and injuring 64.

Prosecutors raid contractors over Ozawa fund scandal

Prosecutors raid contractors over Ozawa fund scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office raid the office of Yamazaki Construction Co. in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, over a shady land purchase by the fund management body of ruling Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa. The prosecutors searched the company, which was involved in subcontracts for a dam project in the city of Oshu in Ozawa's home turf of Iwate Prefecture, as part of efforts to clarify the flow of funds in connection with the land deal. (Kyodo)

Parents of subway derailment victim pray at cenotaph

Parents of subway derailment victim pray at cenotaph

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Yamazaki (R) and Ichiro Yamazaki (C), whose daughter Tomomi was among five people killed in a subway derailment, offer flowers at a cenotaph in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on March 8, the first anniversary of the accident. Yasutoshi Tsuchisaka, president of Teito Rapid Transit Authority, the subway operator known as Eidan, accompanied them. The cenotaph was erected by Eidan near the site of the accident, in which a subway car derailed and plowed into an oncoming train near Nakameguro Station, killing the five and injuring 64.