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Lawmaker Arai's body returns home

The sheet-covered body of lawmaker Shokei Arai, who hanged himself at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 19 amid allegations that he demanded Nikko Securities Co. pay illicit profits, is carried home. Seatedat right is his wife, Mariko.

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Lawmaker Arai meets press

Shokei Arai, a House of Representatives member belonging to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 18 and denies allegations that he demanded Nikko Securities Co. pay him illicit profits. Prosecutors were poised to arrest him on suspicion of violating the Securities and Exchange Law.

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Lawmaker Arai's body returns hom

The sheet-covered body of lawmaker Shokei Arai, who hanged himself at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 19 amid allegations that he demanded Nikko Securities Co. pay illicit profits, is carried home. Seated at right is his wife, Mariko. ==Kyodo

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Lawmaker Arai meets press

Shokei Arai, a House of Representatives member belonging to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 18 and denies allegations that he demanded Nikko Securities Co. pay him illicit profits. Prosecutors were poised to arrest him on suspicion of violating the Securities and Exchange Law ==Kyodo

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LDP legislator Arai testifies at

Shokei Arai, 50, a Finance Ministry bureaucrat-turned lower house lawmaker, testifies Jan. 30 at the House of Representatives Budget Committee over illegal discretionary trading deals on his behalf by Nikko Securities Co.