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Welfare ministry official acquitted in postal abuse case

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Atsuko Muraki (L), former director general of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, holds a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 10, 2010, with her lawyer Junichiro Hironaka after the Osaka District Court acquitted her of instructing a subordinate to fabricate and issue an official document for an organization in an attempt to abuse a mail discount system for people with disabilities.(Kyodo)

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, smiles during a press conference in Osaka, after the Osaka District Court acquitted her of allegedly instructing a subordinate to fabricate and issue an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled.

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, enters the Osaka District Court on Sept. 10, 2010. The court acquitted her of fabricating and issuing an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled.

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, enters the Osaka District Court on Sept. 10, 2010. The court acquitted her of fabricating and issuing an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled.

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Ministry raided over bureau chief's arrest in postal fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks at a news conference at the ministry building in Tokyo on June 15, a day after a senior ministry official was arrested for her alleged involvement in abusing a mail discount system for the handicapped.

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Ministry raided over bureau chief's arrest in postal fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors head for the welfare ministry building in Tokyo for a search on June 15, a day after a senior ministry official was arrested for her alleged involvement in abusing a mail discount system for the handicapped.

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Japan Post official nabbed for permitting postal discount abuse

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office enter the head office of Japan Post Service Co. in Tokyo on May 19 to conduct a search related to allegations that companies were allowed to send direct mail using a discount system for the handicapped to save on postal fees.

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Ministry raided over bureau chief's arrest in postal fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors head for the welfare ministry building in Tokyo for a search on June 15, a day after a senior ministry official was arrested for her alleged involvement in abusing a mail discount system for the handicapped. (Kyodo)

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Ministry raided over bureau chief's arrest in postal fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks at a news conference at the ministry building in Tokyo on June 15, a day after a senior ministry official was arrested for her alleged involvement in abusing a mail discount system for the handicapped. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post official nabbed for permitting postal discount abuse

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office enter the head office of Japan Post Service Co. in Tokyo on May 19 to conduct a search related to allegations that companies were allowed to send direct mail using a discount system for the handicapped to save on postal fees. (Kyodo)

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, smiles during a press conference in Osaka, after the Osaka District Court acquitted her of allegedly instructing a subordinate to fabricate and issue an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled. (Kyodo)

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, enters the Osaka District Court on Sept. 10, 2010. The court acquitted her of fabricating and issuing an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled. (Kyodo)

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, enters the Osaka District Court on Sept. 10, 2010. The court acquitted her of fabricating and issuing an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled. (Kyodo)

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Official likely to be acquitted of fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a former senior official of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, enters the Osaka District Court on May 26, 2010, to attend a hearing of her trial on a charge of issuing a fabricated ministry document. The court is expected to acquit Muraki, who is on leave over the case, as it decided the same day not to admit as evidence most of the depositions of her colleagues that linked her to an abuse of a mail discount system for the handicapped. (Kyodo)

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Welfare ministry official pleads not guilty to postal fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, former director general of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 27, 2010, after the first hearing of her trial at the Osaka District Court. Muraki pleaded not guilty to the charge of issuing a fabricated ministry document that enabled a fictitious organization to abuse a mail discount system for the handicapped in 2004. (Kyodo)

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Welfare ministry official pleads not guilty to postal fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, former director general of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, heads for the Osaka District Court in Osaka on Jan. 27, 2010, to attend the first hearing of her trial. Muraki pleaded not guilty to the charge of issuing a fabricated ministry document that enabled a fictitious organization to abuse a mail discount system for the handicapped in 2004. (Kyodo)