Football: J-League Cup

Football: J-League Cup

Avispa Fukuoka's Daiki Miya (bottom) celebrates with Yota Maejima after scoring his team's second goal against Urawa Reds in the first half of the J-League Cup final on Nov. 4, 2023, at Tokyo's National Stadium.

Prosecutors nab diplomats in fund fraud

Prosecutors nab diplomats in fund fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Maejima, assistant director of the Foreign Ministry's Oceanian Division, leaves his home in Funabashi, Chiba, on May 14. Later in the day, Maejima and Masaru Sato, an expert on Russian affairs in the ministry, were arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of using more than 33 million yen in funds earmarked for an international aid panel for Russia to pay for a trip to Israel.

Ex-Foreign Ministry man pleads guilty to funds misuse

Ex-Foreign Ministry man pleads guilty to funds misuse

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Maejima, a former Foreign Ministry official who worked on assistance to Russia, enters the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 17 for the first hearing of his trial, linked to arrested lawmaker Muneo Suzuki. Maejima pleaded guilty to charges of misusing state funds and conspiracy to rig the bidding for a public tender. (Kyodo)

Maejima Hisoka

Maejima Hisoka

Maejima Hisoka==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

Ex-Foreign Ministry official given suspended term for aid scam

Ex-Foreign Ministry official given suspended term for aid scam

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Maejima, former Foreign Ministry official in charge of aid projects for Russia, enters the Tokyo District Court on March 6. The court gave him a suspended prison term for misusing funds and interfering in bidding over aid projects for Russia. (Kyodo)

Prosecutors nab diplomats in fund fraud

Prosecutors nab diplomats in fund fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Maejima, assistant director of the Foreign Ministry's Oceanian Division, leaves his home in Funabashi, Chiba, on May 14. Later in the day, Maejima and Masaru Sato, an expert on Russian affairs in the ministry, were arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of using more than 33 million yen in funds earmarked for an international aid panel for Russia to pay for a trip to Israel.