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Muraoka denies involvement in donation scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kanezo Muraoka (R), former chief cabinet secretary, speaks to a group of reporters at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 26 after being indicted on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law by allegedly backing a plan to hide a 100 million yen political donation from the Japan Dental Association in July 2001 to a Liberal Democratic Party faction, formerly headed by ex-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. (Pool photo)

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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)

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Surgery to correct Hashimoto's heart problem completed

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka (L), former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka (R) speak to reporters in front of the state-run International Medical Center of Japan in Tokyo on March 1 after visiting former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto at the hospital. Hashimoto underwent an operation on his heart.

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Ruling bloc split over LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Power brokers in Japan's ruling coalition were split March 16 over when to hold the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election to choose a new leader to replace Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. (From L to R) LDP policy chief Shizuka Kamei, former LDP Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka, himself one of Mori's possible successors, and Deputy Secretary General Kanezo Muraoka huddle during a House of Representative session.

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Three LDP officers named

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Kanezo Muraoka, new Liberal Democratic Party general council chairman, Makoto Koga, new LDP secretary general, and Shizuka Kamei, retained as LDP policy research council chairman, pose for pictures after their appointments were approved at a meeting of party leaders Dec. 5.

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LDP heavyweights in Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R, background) Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Junichiro Koizumi, head of an LDP faction led by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, and Kanezo Muraoka, acting leader of the biggest LDP power bloc led by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, are seated in their House of Representatives seats during a plenary session Nov. 16.

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Japan's parliamentary session ends

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (L) and former Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata, now secretary general of the Democratic Party, bow to each other, as regular Diet (parliament) session comes to a close Thursday June 18. Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka (2nd from L) accompanies Hashimoto. A Japanese prime minister customarily pays a round of courtesy calls on opposition leaders at the end of each parliamentary sitting.

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Diet approves FY '98 state budget

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R) bows at a plenary session of the House of Councillors after the fiscal 1998 state budget is approved by the upper chamber April 8. Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi is second from right, Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunagathird from right and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka at left.

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Muraoka pleads not guilty to hiding donation

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka (L) arrives at the Tokyo District Court on Dec. 14. He pleaded not guilty to hiding a 100 million yen political donation from a dentists' lobby to the largest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which he belonged. (Kyodo)

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Muraoka acquitted of hiding political donation

TOKYO, Japan - Kanezo Muraoka, a former senior lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, enters the Tokyo District Court on March 30. Muraoka was acquitted on a charge of having concealed a 100 million yen political donation to an LDP faction by a dental lobby in July 2001. (Kyodo)

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Muraoka denies involvement in donation scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kanezo Muraoka (R), former chief cabinet secretary, speaks to a group of reporters at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 26 after being indicted on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law by allegedly backing a plan to hide a 100 million yen political donation from the Japan Dental Association in July 2001 to a Liberal Democratic Party faction, formerly headed by ex-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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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)

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Guilty verdict for Muraoka to be finalized

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Muraoka, 76, who was found guilty by the Tokyo High Court of concealing a 100 million yen political donation from a dental lobby to a Liberal Democratic Party faction in violation of the political funds control law, judicial sources said July 15. (Kyodo)

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Guilty verdict for Muraoka to be finalized

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Muraoka, 76, who was found guilty by the Tokyo High Court of concealing a 100 million yen political donation from a dental lobby to a Liberal Democratic Party faction in violation of the political funds control law, judicial sources said July 15. (Kyodo)

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High court overturns not-guilty ruling for ex-lawmaker Muraoka

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10 after the Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's acquittal and declared him guilty of concealing a 100 million yen political donation by a dental lobby to a Liberal Democratic Party faction in July 2001. (Kyodo)

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High court overturns not-guilty ruling for ex-lawmaker Muraoka

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10 after the Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's acquittal and declared him guilty of concealing a 100 million yen political donation by a dental lobby to a Liberal Democratic Party faction in July 2001. (Kyodo)

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High court overturns not-guilty ruling for ex-lawmaker Muraoka

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10 after the Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's acquittal and declared him guilty of concealing a 100 million yen political donation by a dental lobby to a Liberal Democratic Party faction in July 2001. (Kyodo)

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High court overturns not-guilty ruling for ex-lawmaker Muraoka

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10 after the Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's acquittal and declared him guilty of concealing a 100 million yen political donation by a dental lobby to a Liberal Democratic Party faction in July 2001. (Kyodo)

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Muraoka acquitted of hiding political donation

TOKYO, Japan - Kanezo Muraoka, former chief Cabinet secretary, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 30 after being acquitted by the Tokyo District Court of a charge of having concealed a 100 million yen political donation to a Liberal Democratic Party faction by a dental lobby in July 2001. (Kyodo)

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Surgery to correct Hashimoto's heart problem completed

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka (L), former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka (R) speak to reporters in front of the state-run International Medical Center of Japan in Tokyo on March 1 after visiting former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto at the hospital. Hashimoto underwent an operation on his heart.

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Former Japan gov't spokesman Muraoka dies

File photo taken in February 1998 shows Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka attending a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Muraoka died of cancer on Dec. 25, 2019, at the age of 88. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ruling bloc split over LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Power brokers in Japan's ruling coalition were split March 16 over when to hold the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election to choose a new leader to replace Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. (From L to R) LDP policy chief Shizuka Kamei, former LDP Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka, himself one of Mori's possible successors, and Deputy Secretary General Kanezo Muraoka huddle during a House of Representative session.

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Three LDP officers named

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Kanezo Muraoka, new Liberal Democratic Party general council chairman, Makoto Koga, new LDP secretary general, and Shizuka Kamei, retained as LDP policy research council chairman, pose for pictures after their appointments were approved at a meeting of party leaders Dec. 5.

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LDP heavyweights in Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R, background) Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Junichiro Koizumi, head of an LDP faction led by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, and Kanezo Muraoka, acting leader of the biggest LDP power bloc led by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, are seated in their House of Representatives seats during a plenary session Nov. 16.

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Japan's parliamentary session en

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (L) and former Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata, now secretary general of the Democratic Party, bow to each other, as regular Diet (parliament) session comes to a close Thursday June 18. Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka (2nd from L) accompanies Hashimoto. A Japanese prime minister customarily pays a round of courtesy calls on opposition leaders at the end of each parliamentary sitting.

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Diet approves FY '98 state budge

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R) bows at a plenary session of the House of Councillors after the fiscal 1998 state budget is approved by the upper chamber April 8. Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi is second from right, Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga third from right and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka at left.