Ex-lawmaker Tokuda

Ex-lawmaker Tokuda

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Takeshi Tokuda, a former member of the House of Representatives. Prosecutors filed a lawsuit on April 4, 2014, seeking to ban Tokuda from running in a general election for the lower house from a single-seat constituency in Kagoshima Prefecture for five years. Tokuda, a son of major hospital chain Tokushukai founder Torao Tokuda, resigned as a lower house member in February after his illegal election campaign came to light.

Prosecutors raid Tokuda's Diet office

Prosecutors raid Tokuda's Diet office

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Takeshi Tokuda, a House of Representatives member and son of Torao Tokuda, former chief of the Tokushukai hospital and welfare business chain. On Nov. 1, 2013, prosecutors raided Tokuda's parliamentary office over an election fraud scandal involving the pair and more than 200 of the chain's employees.

Japanese-Filipino in search of father's identity

Japanese-Filipino in search of father's identity

KUMAMOTO, Japan - David Honda, a 67-year-old Filipino pastor born of a Japanese father and Filipino mother, holds a press conference while showing photos of his father, Torao Honda, at Kumamoto airport on Aug. 7, 2012. Honda arrived in Japan the same day for the first time to visit his father's hometown in Kumamoto Prefecture after establishing contact with his father's relatives in Japan.

Tokuda begins stumping for upper house poll

Tokuda begins stumping for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal League leader Torao Tokuda begins his campaign for the July 29 House of Councillors election with a speech in Tokyo's Asakusa district on July 12.

Tokuda begins stumping for upper house poll

Tokuda begins stumping for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal League leader Torao Tokuda begins his campaign for the July 29 House of Councillors election with a speech in Tokyo's Asakusa district on July 12.