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Defense Ministry career official Masuda to become vice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (L) keeps mum as he leaves the Defense Ministry on Aug. 17. The government has picked Defense Ministry career official Kohei Masuda to succeed Moriya as vice minister, putting an end to a 10-day commotion over the ministry's top personnel reshuffle.

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Defense Ministry career official Masuda to become vice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yuriko Koike talks to journalists at her ministry on Aug. 17 after the government picked Defense Ministry career official Kohei Masuda to succeed Takemasa Moriya as vice minister, putting an end to a 10-day commotion over the ministry's top personnel reshuffle.

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Ex-vice defense minister jailed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya who was imprisoned Sept. 21, 2010, for bribery and perjury. Moriya was imprisoned after he retracted his appeal to the Supreme Court on Aug. 27, 2010.

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Japan official, Iraq PM meet at airport

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Japanese Senior Foreign Minister Koichi Takemasa (L) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hold a meeting at Baghdad International Airport on Dec. 20, 2009 on the sidelines of the Iraq-Japan Economic Forum. The Iraqi leader called on Japan to help rehabilitate the war-ravaged country.

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Diet panels to file perjury charges against Moriya

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives committee on antiterrorism and Iraq reconstruction affairs votes unanimously on Jan. 15 to file perjury charges against former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya in connection with his sworn testimony on his relationships with Motonobu Miyazaki, a former executive of defense equipment trader Yamada Corp. The House of Councillors committee on foreign affairs and defense unanimously approved a similar motion the same day. Moriya and Miyazaki have been arrested and indicted on bribery charges in connection with equipment procurement by the Defense Ministry.

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Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 public prosecutors and employees walk into the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Ichigaya area on Nov. 29 for an intensive search to back up allegations that former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya took bribes from a former defense equipment trading house executive, investigative sources said.

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Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 public prosecutors and employees walk into the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Ichigaya area on Nov. 29 for an intensive search to back up allegations that former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya took bribes from a former defense equipment trading house executive, investigative sources said.

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Moriya's arrest 'extremely deplorable': Machimura

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 28 after former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader while he was still the top defense bureaucrat.

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Moriya arrested on suspicion of taking bribes

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 28 after former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader while he was still the top defense bureaucrat.

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Prosecutors begin questioning Moriya over bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya heads to be questioned by prosecutors on Nov. 28 in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Moriya is suspected of taking a bribe from recently arrested defense equipment trader Motonobu Miyazaki while he was still the top defense bureaucrat, investigation sources said.

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Prosecutors begin questioning Moriya over bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors began questioning former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (in photo) on Nov. 28 on suspicion of taking a bribe from recently arrested defense equipment trader Motonobu Miyazaki while he was still the top defense bureaucrat, investigation sources said. Photo shows Moriya leaving his home to take a taxi the same day.

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Upper house panel to summon Moriya, Nukaga under oath

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmakers of the House of Councillors Committee on Financial Affairs raise their hands on Nov. 27 to show their approval for summoning Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya next Monday as sworn witnesses over allegations of collusion on defense contracts while ruling coalition lawmakers are absent from the session.

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Ex-defense chiefs Kyuma, Nukaga dined by ex-defense firm exec: Moriya

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya asks for permission to answer a question as a sworn witness during a House of Councillors panel session on Nov. 15. Moriya said that former Defense Agency directors general Fumio Kyuma and Fukushiro Nukaga were dined by a former executive of a scandal-hit defense equipment trading firm.

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Ex-defense chiefs Kyuma, Nukaga dined by ex-defense firm exec: Moriya

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya looks through papers while being questioned at a House of Councillors panel as a sworn witness on Nov. 15. Moriya said that former Defense Agency directors general Fumio Kyuma and Fukushiro Nukaga were dined by a former executive of a scandal-hit defense equipment trading firm.

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Yonezu denies organizational involvement in defense scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Yamada Corp. President Yoshihiko Yonezu, speaking as an unsworn witness, tells a House of Councillors panel on Nov. 15 that a former executive of the scandal-tainted defense equipment trading house entertained former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya by golfing with him more than 300 times between 1998 and 2006, costing more than 15 million yen for the company.

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Moriya testifies at Diet over ties with ex-defense firm exec

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) testifies before a House of Representatives panel on Oct. 29 on his relations with an ex-senior executive of Yamada Corp., a defense business firm. Moriya admitted playing golf with the former executive ''more than 200 times'' over 12 years.

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Moriya denies doing favors for defense firm despite golfing

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya speaks at a House of Representatives panel in the Diet in Tokyo on Oct. 29 as a sworn witness about a series of allegations including collusion with a former executive of defense equipment trading house Yamada Corp.

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Moriya to be summoned as sworn witness at Diet on Oct. 29

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives special committee on the prevention of terrorism decided unanimously on Oct. 24 to summon scandal-tainted former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya to the Diet as a sworn witness on Oct. 29.

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Chinese National Defense Minister Cao to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) welcomes Zhang Qinsheng, Chinese People's Liberation Army Assistant to the Chief of General Staff, for talks at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Nov. 29. They agreed to realize a visit to Japan by Chinese National Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan sometime in 2007, which will end a stalemate of more than three years of top-level defense exchanges between the two countries.

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Chinese National Defense Minister Cao to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) welcomes Zhang Qinsheng, Chinese People's Liberation Army Assistant to the Chief of General Staff, for talks at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Nov. 29. They agreed to realize a visit to Japan by Chinese National Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan sometime in 2007, which will end a stalemate of more than three years of top-level defense exchanges between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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Defense Ministry career official Masuda to become vice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yuriko Koike talks to journalists at her ministry on Aug. 17 after the government picked Defense Ministry career official Kohei Masuda to succeed Takemasa Moriya as vice minister, putting an end to a 10-day commotion over the ministry's top personnel reshuffle. (Kyodo)

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Defense Ministry career official Masuda to become vice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (L) keeps mum as he leaves the Defense Ministry on Aug. 17. The government has picked Defense Ministry career official Kohei Masuda to succeed Moriya as vice minister, putting an end to a 10-day commotion over the ministry's top personnel reshuffle. (Kyodo)

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Moriya to be summoned as sworn witness at Diet on Oct. 29

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives special committee on the prevention of terrorism decided unanimously on Oct. 24 to summon scandal-tainted former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya to the Diet as a sworn witness on Oct. 29. (Kyodo)

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Moriya denies doing favors for defense firm despite golfing

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya speaks at a House of Representatives panel in the Diet in Tokyo on Oct. 29 as a sworn witness about a series of allegations including collusion with a former executive of defense equipment trading house Yamada Corp. (Kyodo)

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Moriya testifies at Diet over ties with ex-defense firm exec

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) testifies before a House of Representatives panel on Oct. 29 on his relations with an ex-senior executive of Yamada Corp., a defense business firm. Moriya admitted playing golf with the former executive ''more than 200 times'' over 12 years. (Kyodo)

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Ex-defense chiefs Kyuma, Nukaga dined by ex-defense firm exec: M

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya looks through papers while being questioned at a House of Councillors panel as a sworn witness on Nov. 15. Moriya said that former Defense Agency directors general Fumio Kyuma and Fukushiro Nukaga were dined by a former executive of a scandal-hit defense equipment trading firm. (Kyodo)

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Ex-defense chiefs Kyuma, Nukaga dined by ex-defense firm exec: M

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya asks for permission to answer a question as a sworn witness during a House of Councillors panel session on Nov. 15. Moriya said that former Defense Agency directors general Fumio Kyuma and Fukushiro Nukaga were dined by a former executive of a scandal-hit defense equipment trading firm. (Kyodo)

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Upper house panel to summon Moriya, Nukaga under oath

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmakers of the House of Councillors Committee on Financial Affairs raise their hands on Nov. 27 to show their approval for summoning Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya next Monday as sworn witnesses over allegations of collusion on defense contracts while ruling coalition lawmakers are absent from the session. (Kyodo)

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Moriya's arrest 'extremely deplorable': Machimura

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 28 after former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader while he was still the top defense bureaucrat. (Kyodo)

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Moriya arrested on suspicion of taking bribes

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 28 after former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya was arrested by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader while he was still the top defense bureaucrat. (Kyodo)

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Lower house panel to file perjury charge against Moriya

TOKYO, Japan - A House of Representatives committee decided on Jan. 9 to file a perjury charge against former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (in file photo). Moriya testified as a sworn witness before the committee on Oct. 29, and denied doing any favors for Motonobu Miyazaki, a former executive of defense equipment trader Yamada Corp., in exchange for golf outings, entertainment and other benefits when he was still the top defense bureaucrat. (Kyodo)

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Diet panels to file perjury charges against Moriya

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives committee on antiterrorism and Iraq reconstruction affairs votes unanimously on Jan. 15 to file perjury charges against former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya in connection with his sworn testimony on his relationships with Motonobu Miyazaki, a former executive of defense equipment trader Yamada Corp. The House of Councillors committee on foreign affairs and defense unanimously approved a similar motion the same day. Moriya and Miyazaki have been arrested and indicted on bribery charges in connection with equipment procurement by the Defense Ministry. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki admits to payment of money to gov't-linked body

TOKYO, Japan - Motonobu Miyazaki, 69, former managing director of defense equipment trader Yamada Corp., speaks at the House of Councillors' Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on May 22 as a sworn witness. Miyazaki is a codefendant in the bribery trial of former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya. (Kyodo)

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Former Defense Vice Minister Moriya on bribery trial

TOKYO, Japan - Former Defense Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya (R) emerges from his home in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on April 21, heading for the Tokyo District Court to stand trial on charges of bribe-taking and perjury in Diet testimony. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Defense Vice Minister Moriya, Miyazaki freed on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Takemasa Moriya (R), former vice minister of the Defense Ministry, leaves the Tokyo Detention House on Jan. 23 after being released on bail of 15 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Defense Vice Minister Moriya, Miyazaki freed on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Takemasa Moriya (R), 63, former vice minister of the Defense Ministry, leaves the Tokyo Detention House by car on Jan. 23. Moriya was released on bail of 15 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Prison sentence for ex-vice defense minister upheld

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya, who was convicted of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling sentencing the former top bureaucrat in the Defense Ministry to two years and six months in prison. (Kyodo)

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Prison sentence for ex-vice defense minister upheld

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya, who was convicted of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling sentencing the former top bureaucrat in the Defense Ministry to two years and six months in prison. (Kyodo)

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Prison sentence for ex-vice defense minister upheld

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (L), who was convicted of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling sentencing the former top bureaucrat in the Defense Ministry to two years and six months in prison. (Kyodo)

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Moriya to face additional bribery indictment, perjury charges

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya, who will face an additional bribery indictment next week over golf outings with Motonobu Miyazaki, a former executive of defense equipment trading firm Yamada Corp., and perjury charges over his sworn testimony in parliament, investigative sources said Jan. 19. Moriya was allegedly entertained by Miyazaki with one-day golf outings more than 100 times. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors quiz ex-defense contractor executive Miyazaki

TOKYO, Japan - Motonobu Miyazaki, a former senior managing director of defense contractor Yamada Corp., who is at the center of a scandal involving former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya, covers his face with a newspaper as he leaves his home in Yokohama on Nov. 8. Miyazaki was questioned later in the day by Tokyo prosecutors on suspicion of embezzling the company's funds. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors quiz ex-defense contractor executive Miyazaki

TOKYO, Japan - Motonobu Miyazaki, a former senior managing director of defense contractor Yamada Corp., who is at the center of a scandal involving former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya, covers his face with a newspaper as he leaves his home in Yokohama on Nov. 8. Miyazaki was questioned later in the day by Tokyo prosecutors on suspicion of embezzling the company's funds. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice defense minister faces term without suspension

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya arrives at the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 5. Moriya was sentenced to two years and six months in prison without suspension at the court for bribe-taking and other charges. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 public prosecutors walk into the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Ichigaya area on Nov. 29 for an intensive search to back up allegations that former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya took bribes from a former defense equipment trading house executive, investigative sources said. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors search Defense Ministry over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 public prosecutors walk into the headquarters of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Ichigaya area on Nov. 29 for an intensive search to back up allegations that former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya took bribes from a former defense equipment trading house executive, investigative sources said. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice defense chief Moriya called for discretionary defense co

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (in file photo) made suggestions to his subordinates several times while in office that the Defense Agency should sign a discretionary contract on jet engine procurement with defense equipment trading house Nihon Mirise Corp., sources familiar with the case said on Nov. 29. Moriya, 63, was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from Motonobu Miyazaki, 69, who set up Nihon Mirise last year. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors begin questioning Moriya over bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya heads to be questioned by prosecutors on Nov. 28 in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Moriya is suspected of taking a bribe from recently arrested defense equipment trader Motonobu Miyazaki while he was still the top defense bureaucrat, investigation sources said. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors begin questioning Moriya over bribe-taking

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors began questioning former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (in photo) on Nov. 28 on suspicion of taking a bribe from recently arrested defense equipment trader Motonobu Miyazaki while he was still the top defense bureaucrat, investigation sources said. Photo shows Moriya leaving his home to take a taxi the same day. (Kyodo)

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Yonezu denies organizational involvement in defense scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Yamada Corp. President Yoshihiko Yonezu, speaking as an unsworn witness, tells a House of Councillors panel on Nov. 15 that a former executive of the scandal-tainted defense equipment trading house entertained former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya by golfing with him more than 300 times between 1998 and 2006, costing more than 15 million yen for the company. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice defense minister jailed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya who was imprisoned Sept. 21, 2010, for bribery and perjury. Moriya was imprisoned after he retracted his appeal to the Supreme Court on Aug. 27, 2010. (Kyodo)