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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Construction Ministry searched in bribery case

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office take out documents confiscated at the Construction Ministry in Tokyo on July 3 in a search related to allegations of bribery by former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao. Nakao allegedly accepted 30 million yen in bribes from Wakachiku Construction Co. in return for helping put Wakachiku on the ministry's list of firms designated to bid for public works contracts.

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Wakachiku Construction execs apologize over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Shimoda (R), president of Wakachiku Construction Co., and another executive bow at a news conference in Tokyo on July 3 to express their apology for a scandal in which the company allegedly bribed former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao in 1996.

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Court cuts Nakao's jail term by 2 months

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo High Court on Nov. 21 reduced by two months a 24-month prison sentence given to former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao (file photo) for taking 60 million yen in bribes from Wakachiku Construction Co. in 1996 in return for promising to favor it in public works bidding. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Construction Minister Nakao pleads guilty in bribery trial

TOKYO, Japan - Former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao heads for the opening hearing of his trial at the Tokyo District Court on Dec. 11 in a wheelchair. He is pleading guilty to taking 60 million yen in bribes from Wakachiku Construction Co. in 1996.

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Wakachiku Construction execs apologize over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Shimoda (R), president of Wakachiku Construction Co., and another executive bow at a news conference in Tokyo on July 3 to express their apology for a scandal in which the company allegedly bribed former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao in 1996.

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Construction Ministry searched in bribery case

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office take out documents confiscated at the Construction Ministry in Tokyo on July 3 in a search related to allegations of bribery by former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao. Nakao allegedly accepted 30 million yen in bribes from Wakachiku Construction Co. in return for helping put Wakachiku on the ministry's list of firms designated to bid for public works contracts.