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Ex-lawmaker Sato dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1999 shows former lawmaker Koko Sato who died of biliary cancer on May 18, 2011, at the age of 83. Sato was arrested over a high-profile bribery scandal involving Lockheed Corp. in the 1970s.

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Ex-prosecutor in charge of Lockheed scandal Takase dies

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Reiji Takase, a former chief of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, who died on April 4, 2011, at the age of 94. Takase played a key role in the investigation of a political scandal involving the U.S. aircraft maker Lockheed Corp. and then Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in the late 1970s.

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Ex-ANA president Wakasa dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Tokuji Wakasa (file photo taken in 1984), a former president of All Nippon Airways Co. who was involved in the Lockheed scandal, dies on Dec. 27 at 91. After serving as vice transport minister, Wakasa joined ANA to become president in 1970 and contributed to expanding its businesses.

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Lockheed scandal convict Ito dies of heart failure

TOKYO, Japan - Former Marubeni Corp. Senior Managing Director Hiroshi Ito (photo taken in February 1977), convicted for his role in the 1976 Lockheed payoff scandal, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital June 10. He was 74. Ito was sentenced to two years in prison in 1983 for his role in paying 500 million yen in bribes to Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to have All Nippon Airways buy Lockheed Corp.'s TriStar jets.

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State seizes villa of late premier Tanaka's family

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Photo taken May 30 shows the villa owned by a firm run by the bereaved family of late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. It has been seized by the government after the family failed to pay overdue taxes for a 500 million yen bribe Tanaka allegedly received in the 1976 Lockheed payoff scandal.

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Ex-ANA president Wakasa dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Tokuji Wakasa (file photo taken in 1984), a former president of All Nippon Airways Co. who was involved in the Lockheed scandal, dies on Dec. 27 at 91. After serving as vice transport minister, Wakasa joined ANA to become president in 1970 and contributed to expanding its businesses. (Kyodo)

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State seizes villa of late premier Tanaka's family

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Photo taken May 30 shows the villa owned by a firm run by the bereaved family of late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. It has been seized by the government after the family failed to pay overdue taxes for a 500 million yen bribe Tanaka allegedly received in the 1976 Lockheed payoff scandal.

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Aerial shot Tanaka Kakuei was convicted!

October 12, 1983. On that day, the Tokyo District Court was enveloped in an unusual atmosphere of excitement. The culmination of the Lockheed scandal, the crimes of Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka are brought to justice. Aerial shot of the Tokyo District Court, Kakuei Tanaka and others entering the court, All Nippon Airways aircraft taking off, stills of Kakuei Tanaka's arrest in July 1976, Kakuei Tanaka's speech, commemorative photo shoot for the Ohira, Suzuki and Nakasone cabinets, Kakuei Tanaka after the verdict, demonstration, date of shooting unknown, date of release: 1983 (October 1, 1983)

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(2) Yoshio Kodama

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Kodama, the reputed don of the Japanese underworld, enters the Tokyo District Court for the Lockheed scandal trial. The photo was taken on June 2, 1977. (Kyodo)

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(4) Yoshio Kodama

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Kodama, the reputed don of the Japanese underworld, enters the Tokyo District Court for the Lockheed scandal trial. The photo was taken on June 2, 1977. (Kyodo)

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Journalist Tachibana dies at 80

File photo taken in July 1987 shows journalist Takashi Tachibana meeting the press in Tokyo after a high court ruling on a bribery scandal involving U.S. aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Corp. Tachibana, whose investigative reporting played a vital role in revealing the Lockheed scandal and forcing Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to step down in 1974, died of acute coronary syndrome at 80 on April 30, 2021.

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Ex-lawmaker Sato dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Koko Sato (C) is transported to the Tokyo Detention House in August 1976 after being arrested over a high-profile bribery scandal involving Lockheed Corp. Sato died of biliary cancer on May 18, 2011, at the age of 83. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Sato dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1999 shows former lawmaker Koko Sato who died of biliary cancer on May 18, 2011, at the age of 83. Sato was arrested over a high-profile bribery scandal involving Lockheed Corp. in the 1970s. (Kyodo)

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Ex-prosecutor in charge of Lockheed scandal Takase dies

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Reiji Takase, a former chief of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, who died on April 4, 2011, at the age of 94. Takase played a key role in the investigation of a political scandal involving the U.S. aircraft maker Lockheed Corp. and then Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in the late 1970s. (Kyodo)

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Lockheed scandal convict Ito dies of heart failure

TOKYO, Japan - Former Marubeni Corp. Senior Managing Director Hiroshi Ito (photo taken in February 1977), convicted for his role in the 1976 Lockheed payoff scandal, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital June 10. He was 74. Ito was sentenced to two years in prison in 1983 for his role in paying 500 million yen in bribes to Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to have All Nippon Airways buy Lockheed Corp.'s TriStar jets.