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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Asashoryu fails to declare 100 mil. yen income

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of yokozuna Asashoryu, who failed to declare some 100 million yen of income for three years through 2005. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has found the grand champion of sumo did not appropriately declare his income from performance fees of TV commercials and other sources, informed sources said Aug. 27.

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller ordered to pay penalty, back taxes

TOKYO, Japan - ''Rakugo'' comic storyteller Hayashiya Shozo speaks with reporters in Tokyo on April 16 after being ordered by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau to pay about 40 million yen in penalty and back taxes. The bureau said Hayashiya failed to declare around 120 million yen in income for the three years through 2005.

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Tax bureau auctions seized property

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau holds a public auction in Tokyo's Otemachi district March 7 of vehicles, including a Mercedes-Benz car, and other property confiscated from tax defaulters in lieu of payment.

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Tax bureau auctions seized property

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau holds a public auction in Tokyo's Otemachi district March 7 of paintings and other property confiscated from tax defaulters in lieu of payment.

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Tax offices across Japan begin accepting tax returns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Yukie Nakama, who appears on a promotional poster for the National Tax Agency, files her own tax return form using the agency's website at the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau in Tokyo's Otemachi on Feb. 16 as Japanese began filing 2005 income tax returns the same day at 524 regional tax offices across the country.

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Tax evasion complaint filed against K-1 promoter Ishii

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau filed a criminal complaint on Dec. 26 with public prosecutors against Kazuyoshi Ishii (file photo), a promoter of popular martial arts contests known as K-1, and his company on suspicion of failing to pay some 60 million yen in corporate tax over two years to 1998.

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Yamaha foundation fails to declare 400 mil. yen in income

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 24 shows the Yamaha Music Foundation which has been ordered by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau to pay about 70 million yen in unpaid taxes and penalties. Sources close to the case said the foundation failed to declare some 400 million yen in income in the three years to the end of March this year.

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Nichiren temple monk accused of evading tax

KOFU, Japan - File photo shows Shichimenzan Keishinin, an affiliate of the Nichiren sect's head temple Minobusan Kuonji, in the town of Minobu. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau on March 28 filed a complaint against Yuko Nakazato, a former chief monk of the Buddhist temple, accusing him of concealing 330 million yen in income and evading 120 million yen in taxes over a three-year period up to March 2001.

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Ex-tax office chief held over 250 mil. yen tax evasion+

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunekichi Hamada (file photo), former head of the Sapporo Regional Taxation Bureau, now an advisor to the talent agency managing popular singer Namie Amuro, is arrested by public prosecutors on Jan. 10 for allegedly evading 250 million yen in income tax. Hamada, 64, is accused of concealing about 730 million yen in income over a four-year period up to 2000 in violation of the Income Tax Law.

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B'z production company failed to declare 840 mil. yen income

TOKYO, Japan - Television crew members on June 25 stand in front of the building in Tokyo's Roppongi district that houses B.U.M., the production company of the Japanese pop music duo B'z. The company failed to declare about 840 million yen in taxable income in the two business years through September 1999. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau imposed about 400 million yen in back taxes and penalties on B.U.M.

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Tax men investigate diplomat involved in embezzlement

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an apartment block in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward that is home to Katsutoshi Matsuo, a sacked Foreign Ministry official suspected of embezzling government funds. Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau officials visited the apartment on Feb. 7 to begin examining his accounts at four banks to determine whether any taxation should be imposed.

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Nichiren temple monk accused of evading tax

KOFU, Japan - File photo shows Shichimenzan Keishinin, an affiliate of the Nichiren sect's head temple Minobusan Kuonji, in the town of Minobu. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau on March 28 filed a complaint against Yuko Nakazato, a former chief monk of the Buddhist temple, accusing him of concealing 330 million yen in income and evading 120 million yen in taxes over a three-year period up to March 2001.

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Asashoryu fails to declare 100 mil. yen income

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of yokozuna Asashoryu, who failed to declare some 100 million yen of income for three years through 2005. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has found the grand champion of sumo did not appropriately declare his income from performance fees of TV commercials and other sources, informed sources said Aug. 27.(Kyodo)

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Ex-tax office chief held over 250 mil. yen tax evasion+

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunekichi Hamada (file photo), former head of the Sapporo Regional Taxation Bureau, now an advisor to the talent agency managing popular singer Namie Amuro, is arrested by public prosecutors on Jan. 10 for allegedly evading 250 million yen in income tax. Hamada, 64, is accused of concealing about 730 million yen in income over a four-year period up to 2000 in violation of the Income Tax Law.

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Yamaha foundation fails to declare 400 mil. yen in income

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 24 shows the Yamaha Music Foundation which has been ordered by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau to pay about 70 million yen in unpaid taxes and penalties. Sources close to the case said the foundation failed to declare some 400 million yen in income in the three years to the end of March this year. (Kyodo)

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Tax evasion complaint filed against K-1 promoter Ishii

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau filed a criminal complaint on Dec. 26 with public prosecutors against Kazuyoshi Ishii (file photo), a promoter of popular martial arts contests known as K-1, and his company on suspicion of failing to pay some 60 million yen in corporate tax over two years to 1998.

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller ordered to pay penalty, back taxes

TOKYO, Japan - ''Rakugo'' comic storyteller Hayashiya Shozo speaks with reporters in Tokyo on April 16 after being ordered by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau to pay about 40 million yen in penalty and back taxes. The bureau said Hayashiya failed to declare around 120 million yen in income for the three years through 2005. (Kyodo)

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Tax bureau auctions seized property

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau holds a public auction in Tokyo's Otemachi district March 7 of vehicles, including a Mercedes-Benz car, and other property confiscated from tax defaulters in lieu of payment. (Kyodo)

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Tax bureau auctions seized property

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau holds a public auction in Tokyo's Otemachi district March 7 of paintings and other property confiscated from tax defaulters in lieu of payment. (Kyodo)

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Tax offices across Japan begin accepting tax returns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Yukie Nakama, who appears on a promotional poster for the National Tax Agency, files her own tax return form using the agency's website at the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau in Tokyo's Otemachi on Feb. 16 as Japanese began filing 2005 income tax returns the same day at 524 regional tax offices across the country. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau

File photo taken May 15, 2020, shows the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-tax bureau chief gets prison term for tax evasion

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on July 11 sentenced Tsunekichi Hamada (in file photo), a former head of the Sapporo Regional Taxation Bureau, to 14 months in prison for evading some 250 million yen in income tax. Hamada, 64, who has pleaded guilty to the charge, was also ordered to pay a 55 million yen fine. He appealed the ruling to the Tokyo High Court.

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B'z production company failed to declare 840 mil. yen income

TOKYO, Japan - Television crew members on June 25 stand in front of the building in Tokyo's Roppongi district that houses B.U.M., the production company of the Japanese pop music duo B'z. The company failed to declare about 840 million yen in taxable income in the two business years through September 1999. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau imposed about 400 million yen in back taxes and penalties on B.U.M.

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Tax men investigate diplomat involved in embezzlement

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an apartment block in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward that is home to Katsutoshi Matsuo, a sacked Foreign Ministry official suspected of embezzling government funds. Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau officials visited the apartment on Feb. 7 to begin examining his accounts at four banks to determine whether any taxation should be imposed.

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Tokyo tax bureau launches cyber tax office

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau sets up a research unit Feb. 17 to collect information on e-commerce and investigate tax cases involving e-commerce businesses. The 15-member Professional Team for E-Commerce Taxation (PROTECT), dubbed ''Cyber Tax Office,'' will establish effective investigation methods to contribute to the formulation of an appropriate and fair taxation system.