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Prosecutors' homes, offices raided over data tampering case

KYOTO, Japan - Members of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office walk into the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office to conduct a search on Oct. 2, 2010, after Hiromichi Otsubo and Motoaki Saga, the former chief and deputy chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, were arrested on suspicion of covering up the alleged destruction of evidence by a subordinate during an investigation into a postal abuse scandal. Otsubo worked at the Kyoto prosecutors office by the time of his arrest.

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Japan Football Association vice president

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows Junji Ogura, vice president of the Japan Football Association. Ogura is expected to be named as the successor to JFA chief Motoaki Inukai through JFA meetings on July 25, 2010.

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FIFA inspection team weighs Japan's 2022 World Cup bid

TOKYO, Japan - FIFA inspection team head Harold Mayne-Nicholls (L in front) presents a FIFA pennant to Japan Football Association President Motoaki Inukai (R in front) at a Tokyo hotel on July 22, 2010. The delegation wrapped up its four-day visit to Japan the same day, giving high marks to the country's bid to host the 2022 World Cup.

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Japan brace for Paraguay match in round of 16

GEORGE, South Africa - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda (L) talks with Japan Football Association chief Motoaki Inukai after a practice session of the World Cup team in George, South Africa, on June 26, 2010. Japan were preparing for a round of 16 match against Paraguay.

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Japan soccer team renews emblem

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukaim (2nd from L), president of the Japan Football Association, and Japan goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki (2nd from R) show off the national team's new emblem in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2009. Japan renewed its emblem for the first time since 1996, changing the color pattern but keeping the crow mascot.

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Hatoyama meets FIFA chief Blatter

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (R), Japan's prime minister in waiting, and Sepp Blatter (C), president of soccer's world governing body FIFA, hold up their special Japanese national team shirts bearing their names at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 13, 2009. Motoaki Inukai (L), president of the Japan Football Association, presented them with the shirts.

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JFA Council rubber-stamps appointment of Inukai as new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 12 after being appointed as president of the Japan Football Association by JFA Council. Inukai succeeded Saburo Kawabuchi, who left his post after the expiration of his third two-year term and became honorary president of the JFA.

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JFA Council rubber-stamps appointment of Inukai as new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai (L), new president of the Japan Football Association, and Saburo Kawabuchi, outgoing JFA president, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on July 12. The JFA Council appointed Inukai as new JFA president to succeed Kawabuchi, who left his post after the expiration of his third two-year term and became honorary president of the JFA.

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Inukai given green light to take over as new JFA chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai, a board member of the Japan Football Association who was approved on July 10 for the new head of the country's soccer governing body, responds to questions from reporters in Tokyo the same day.

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Nippon Meat says 2 execs involved in beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroji Okoso (C), president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., says in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that two of its top executives were either directly involved in or aware of the subsidiary Nippon Food Inc.'s abuse of the state-run beef-buyback program. Okoso apologized for the fraud with Motoaki Shoji (L), senior managing director of Nippon Meat Packers, who also serves as director of Nippon Food Inc., and Heihachiro Azuma (R), vice president of Nippon Meat and president of the subsidiary.

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Inukai given green light to take over as new JFA chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai, a board member of the Japan Football Association who was approved on July 10 for the new head of the country's soccer governing body, responds to questions from reporters in Tokyo the same day. (Kyodo)

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JFA Council rubber-stamps appointment of Inukai as new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai (L), new president of the Japan Football Association, and Saburo Kawabuchi, outgoing JFA president, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on July 12. The JFA Council appointed Inukai as new JFA president to succeed Kawabuchi, who left his post after the expiration of his third two-year term and became honorary president of the JFA. (Kyodo)

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JFA Council rubber-stamps appointment of Inukai as new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 12 after being appointed as president of the Japan Football Association by JFA Council. Inukai succeeded Saburo Kawabuchi, who left his post after the expiration of his third two-year term and became honorary president of the JFA. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Meat says 2 execs involved in beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroji Okoso (C), president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., says in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that two of its top executives were either directly involved in or aware of the subsidiary Nippon Food Inc.'s abuse of the state-run beef-buyback program. Okoso apologized for the fraud with Motoaki Shoji (L), senior managing director of Nippon Meat Packers, who also serves as director of Nippon Food Inc., and Heihachiro Azuma (R), vice president of Nippon Meat and president of the subsidiary. (Kyodo)

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Pioneering swimming club for disabled children

Motoaki Fujita, who heads the Faculty of Sport Sciences at Nihon Fukushi University, explains a training machine accessible by wheelchair users at the university in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan brace for Paraguay match in round of 16

GEORGE, South Africa - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda (L) talks with Japan Football Association chief Motoaki Inukai after a practice session of the World Cup team in George, South Africa, on June 26, 2010. Japan were preparing for a round of 16 match against Paraguay. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors' homes, offices raided over data tampering case

KYOTO, Japan - Members of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office walk into the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office to conduct a search on Oct. 2, 2010, after Hiromichi Otsubo and Motoaki Saga, the former chief and deputy chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, were arrested on suspicion of covering up the alleged destruction of evidence by a subordinate during an investigation into a postal abuse scandal. Otsubo worked at the Kyoto prosecutors office by the time of his arrest. (Kyodo)

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2 senior prosecutors held over data tampering

OSAKA, Japan - Motoaki Saga (2nd from front), former deputy chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, gets in a car to head to the prosecutors office on Oct. 1, 2010. The top prosecutors office arrested him and his former superior in connection with a case of altering data seized in a postal abuse scandal. (Kyodo)

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FIFA inspection team weighs Japan's 2022 World Cup bid

TOKYO, Japan - FIFA inspection team head Harold Mayne-Nicholls (L in front) presents a FIFA pennant to Japan Football Association President Motoaki Inukai (R in front) at a Tokyo hotel on July 22, 2010. The delegation wrapped up its four-day visit to Japan the same day, giving high marks to the country's bid to host the 2022 World Cup. (Kyodo)

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Japan Football Association vice president

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows Junji Ogura, vice president of the Japan Football Association. Ogura is expected to be named as the successor to JFA chief Motoaki Inukai through JFA meetings on July 25, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan soccer team renews emblem

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukaim (2nd from L), president of the Japan Football Association, and Japan goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki (2nd from R) show off the national team's new emblem in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2009. Japan renewed its emblem for the first time since 1996, changing the color pattern but keeping the crow mascot. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama meets FIFA chief Blatter

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (R), Japan's prime minister in waiting, and Sepp Blatter (C), president of soccer's world governing body FIFA, hold up their special Japanese national team shirts bearing their names at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 13, 2009. Motoaki Inukai (L), president of the Japan Football Association, presented them with the shirts. (Kyodo)