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(2)Ex-Takugin presidents acquitted over shady loans

SAPPORO, Japan - Sadamasa Kawatani, former president of failed Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, is surrounded by reporters after the Sapporo District Court on Feb. 27 acquitted him in a case involving the bank's shady loans to a local business group.

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(2)Ex-Takugin presidents acquitted over shady loans

SAPPORO, Japan - Sadamasa Kawatani, former president of failed Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, is surrounded by reporters after the Sapporo District Court on Feb. 27 acquitted him in a case involving the bank's shady loans to a local business group. (Kyodo)

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(1)Ex-Takugin presidents acquitted over shady loans

SAPPORO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of failed Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, leaves the Sapporo District Court on Feb. 27. Yamauchi was acquitted in a case involving the bank's shady loans to a business group. (Kyodo)

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Two former bank chiefs arrested

Hiroshi Yamauchi (C), former president of the collapsed Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (Takugin), is flanked by policemen as he leaves his home in Sapporo on March 2. Yamauchi was arrested later in the day along with one of his former colleagues on suspicion of breach of trust by causing massive losses to the bank through illegal loans. ==Kyodo