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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

TOKYO, Japan, March 27 Kyodo - Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness.

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Couple in Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Natsumi Yokota (R), 25, and her fiance, Nobuhisa Ohara, 25, pose for photos in wedding outfits in an area well known for cherry trees in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 16, 2014. The couple, who met after evacuating their homes in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, are scheduled to tie the knot in June.

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Couple in Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Natsumi Yokota (3rd from R), 25, and her fiance, Nobuhisa Ohara (2nd from L), 25, pose for photos in wedding outfits with their family members in an area well known for cherry trees in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 16, 2014. The couple, who met after evacuating their homes in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, are scheduled to tie the knot in June.

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NPB, MLB, fail to reach accord

NEW YORK, United States - Nobuhisa Ito, a legal expert of Nippon Professional Baseball, speaks with reporters after holding negotiations with Major League Baseball on a new posting system on Nov. 27, 2013 in New York. Ito said the two sides failed to reach an agreement during their second day of talks but are expected to continue negotiations.

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4 Japanese freed from Kyrgyz abduction visit Premier Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi welcomes 4 Japanese who had been held hostage for 2 months by Muslim rebels in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The freed men, who returned home Oct. 26, called on the premier at his official residence Oct. 29 to report on their ordeal. (From L to R) Toshiaki Ariie, 58, Nobuhisa Nakajima, 49, Premier Obuchi, Hirotaro Fujii, 47, and Haruo Harada, 38.

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4 freed Japanese arrive back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Four Japanese mining engineers who were freed after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan meet the press at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 26, after arriving from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. The four (from L to R) are Toshiaki Ariie, Haruo Harada, Hirotaro Fujii, and Nobuhisa Nakajima.

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4 freed Japanese head back to Japan

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Four Japanese mining engineers who were freed after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Central Asia walk down to a chartered flight bound for Japan on Oct. 26. (From L to R) Nobuhisa Nakajima, Hirotaro Fujii, Toshiaki Ariie and Haruo Harada.

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4 Japanese, 1 Kyrgyz hostage released

KARAMYK, Kyrgyzstan - Japanese mining engineers Toshiaki Ariie (L) and Nobuhisa Nakajima (R), who had been abducted by Islamic rebels, arrived in Karamyk in southern Kyrgyzstan on Oct. 25, along with two other Japanese and a Kyrgyz hostage shortly after the two men were released. Ariie, 58, and Nakajima, 49, were abducted in the Batken district in southern Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 23 together with two other Japanese mining engineers and three Kyrgyz. Two of the three Kyrgyz were freed earlier.

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CORRECTED: Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (R, seated) looks down during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, when he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in document scandal

Undated photo shows Nobuhisa Sagawa, former head of the Financial Bureau of Japan's Finance Ministry (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Combined photo shows former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa showing a variety of facial expressions during sworn testimony before parliament in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (C) leaves after testifying before the House of Representatives Budget Committee as a sworn witness in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (C) leaves after testifying before the House of Representatives Budget Committee as a sworn witness in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (bottom L) attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (L) bows after testifying before the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Pedestrians in Osaka watch a broadcast of sworn testimony being given by former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa at parliament on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

People protest around parliamentary buildings in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, calling into question the testimony of former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa being given at the Diet the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa, testifying as a sworn witness during a House of Councillors session in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, bows in apology for the government's falsification of documents related to the heavily discounted sale of state land at the center of favoritism allegations plaguing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, where he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, where he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, where he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa signs a written oath before giving testimony at a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa takes the oath before testifying at a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa arrives at the parliament in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, when he will testify before the House of Councillors' Budget Committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa arrives at the parliament in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, when he will testify before the House of Councillors' Budget Committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal to testify in Diet

The House of Councillors budget committee decides in Tokyo on March 20, 2018, that former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa will give sworn testimony in the Diet on March 27 over the falsification of government documents linked to cronyism allegations against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal to testify in Diet

The House of Councillors budget committee decides in Tokyo on March 20, 2018, that former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa will give sworn testimony in the Diet on March 27 over the falsification of government documents linked to cronyism allegations against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency chief Sagawa steps down over land-sale controversy

National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks to the media in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. The government the same day accepted Sagawa's offer to resign to take responsibility for a lingering controversy linked to the sale of a piece of state-owned land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency chief Sagawa steps down over land-sale controversy

National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa (C) speaks to the media in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. The government the same day accepted Sagawa's offer to resign to take responsibility for a lingering controversy linked to the sale of a piece of state-owned land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency chief Sagawa steps down over land-sale controversy

National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks to the media in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. The government the same day accepted Sagawa's offer to resign to take responsibility for a lingering controversy linked to the sale of a piece of state-owned land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency chief Sagawa steps down over land-sale controversy

National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks to the media in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. The government the same day accepted Sagawa's offer to resign to take responsibility for a lingering controversy linked to the sale of a piece of state-owned land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency chief Sagawa steps down over land-sale controversy

National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa heads to Finance Minister Taro Aso's office at his ministry in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. The government the same day accepted Sagawa's offer to resign to take responsibility for lingering controversy linked to the sale of a piece of state-owned land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Finance Minister Aso

Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) is surrounded by reporters as he heads to his office at his ministry in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. Aso will meet with the press over National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa, who decided to step down to take responsibility over the controversy linked to a state-owned land sale. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax Agency chief Sagawa to resign

File photo taken in March 2017 shows Nobuhisa Sagawa, head of the National Tax Agency speaking at a session of the House of Councillors budget committee in Tokyo. Sagawa has decided to step down to take responsibility for a blunder linked to a state-owned land sale, a government source said on March 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax Agency chief Sagawa to resign

Undated file photo shows Nobuhisa Sagawa, head of the National Tax Agency. Sagawa has decided to step down to take responsibility for a blunder linked to a state-owned land sale, a government source said on March 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against Prime Minister Abe

People protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa in front of the tax agency head office in Tokyo on March 3, 2018, calling for their resignation over a dubious land deal involving the government and a Finance Ministry bureau once headed by Sagawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against Prime Minister Abe

People protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa in front of the tax agency head office in Tokyo on March 3, 2018, calling for their resignation over a dubious land deal involving the government and a Finance Ministry bureau once headed by Sagawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 Japanese freed from Kyrgyz abduction visit Premier Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi welcomes 4 Japanese who had been held hostage for 2 months by Muslim rebels in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The freed men, who returned home Oct. 26, called on the premier at his official residence Oct. 29 to report on their ordeal. (From L to R) Toshiaki Ariie, 58, Nobuhisa Nakajima, 49, Premier Obuchi, Hirotaro Fujii, 47, and Haruo Harada, 38.

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Photos of 4 freed Japanese in Central Asia

TOKYO, Japan - These are photos taken Monday of the four Japanese mining engineers who were freed Oct. 24 after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Central Asia. Hirotaro Fujii (L top), Haruo Harada (R top), Toshiaki Ariie (L bottom) and Nobuhisa Nakajima. The four were abducted on Aug. 23 in the Batken district of southern Kyrgyzstan.

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4 freed Japanese head back to Japan

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Four Japanese mining engineers who were freed after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Central Asia walk down to a chartered flight bound for Japan on Oct. 26. (From L to R) Nobuhisa Nakajima, Hirotaro Fujii, Toshiaki Ariie and Haruo Harada.

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4 freed Japanese arrive back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Four Japanese mining engineers who were freed after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan meet the press at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 26, after arriving from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. The four (from L to R) are Toshiaki Ariie, Haruo Harada, Hirotaro Fujii, and Nobuhisa Nakajima.

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4 Japanese, 1 Kyrgyz hostage released

KARAMYK, Kyrgyzstan - Japanese mining engineers Toshiaki Ariie (L) and Nobuhisa Nakajima (R), who had been abducted by Islamic rebels, arrived in Karamyk in southern Kyrgyzstan on Oct. 25, along with two other Japanese and a Kyrgyz hostage shortly after the two men were released. Ariie, 58, and Nakajima, 49, were abducted in the Batken district in southern Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 23 together with two other Japanese mining engineers and three Kyrgyz. Two of the three Kyrgyz were freed earlier.