Probes finish in Lions' scandal, no new case reported

Probes finish in Lions' scandal, no new case reported

TOKYO, Japan - Keio University professor emeritus Masaru Ikei (C), the head of a special committee set up to investigate a scouting scandal involving the Seibu Lions, holds a news conference in Tokyo on April 25 where he said the committee has finished its work and found no new improper money deals. Last month, it was revealed that Yuta Kimura, a pitcher of the Tokyo Gas team, had admitted receiving 2.7 million yen under the table from Seibu. The Lions were also found to have paid money to Waseda University player Katsuhito Shimizu before and after he was enrolled in the university.

Probes finish in Lions' scandal, no new case reported

Probes finish in Lions' scandal, no new case reported

TOKYO, Japan - Keio University professor emeritus Masaru Ikei (C), the head of a special committee set up to investigate a scouting scandal involving the Seibu Lions, holds a news conference in Tokyo on April 25 where he said the committee has finished its work and found no new improper money deals. Last month, it was revealed that Yuta Kimura, a pitcher of the Tokyo Gas team, had admitted receiving 2.7 million yen under the table from Seibu. The Lions were also found to have paid money to Waseda University player Katsuhito Shimizu before and after he was enrolled in the university. (Kyodo)

Okinawa city protests to U.S. over chopper incidents

Okinawa city protests to U.S. over chopper incidents

The Uruma city assembly in Okinawa Prefecture unanimously adopts a resolution on Jan. 11, 2018 protesting the recent forced landings by U.S. military helicopters in the southernmost Japanese prefecture. An AH-1 attack helicopter from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa was forced to land in the village of Yomitan on Jan. 8, just two days after a UH-1 helicopter, also from the base, made an emergency landing on a beach on Ikei Island in the city of Uruma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Local chief visits site of U.S. chopper emergency landing in Okinawa

Local chief visits site of U.S. chopper emergency landing in Okinawa

Koichiro Nakajima (C), Okinawa bureau chief of Japan's Defense Ministry, visits the site of an emergency landing by a U.S. military helicopter on a farm path on Ikei Island off the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo