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Ex-Ozawa aide Ishikawa

OBIHIRO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a House of Representatives member belonging to the New Party Daichi, holds a press conference in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on May 16, 2013. Ishikawa, a former aide to veteran politician Ichiro Ozawa, said he will quit as a Diet member but will not drop his appeal against a court ruling that found him guilty of falsifying political fund reports of Ozawa's fund management body.

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Court rejects as evidence ex-Ozawa aide's depositions

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa is pictured in a car as he arrives at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012. The court decided against admitting as evidence most of the depositions taken by prosecutors from one of the former aides to Ozawa over alleged false reporting of political funds.

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3 ex-Ozawa aides found guilty over political fund report

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa raises his hand near a lower house members' office building in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2011. The Tokyo District Court the same day found three former aides to Ozawa guilty of falsifying political fund reports for his fund management body.

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Indicted ex-Ozawa aide Ishikawa to leave DPJ, but remain in Diet

OBIHIRO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa (L), a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and former aide to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, attends a news conference in Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan, where his constituency is located, after submitting his resignation letter to leave the ruling party on Feb. 11, 2010. The letter was accepted by the party the same day following his indictment over funding irregularities in connection with a Tokyo land deal involving Ozawa's fund management body.

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Indicted ex-Ozawa aide Ishikawa to leave DPJ, but remain in Diet

OBIHIRO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa (L), a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and former aide to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, smiles as one of his supporter encourages him after a news conference in Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan, where his constituency is located, which he held after submitting his resignation letter to leave the ruling party on Feb. 11, 2010. The letter was accepted by the party the same day following his indictment over funding irregularities in connection with a Tokyo land deal involving Ozawa's fund management body.

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3 ex-Ozawa aides found guilty over political fund report

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a former aide to Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, walks to the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 26, 2011. The court ruled the same day that Ishikawa and two other former aides to Ozawa were guilty of falsifying political fund reports for Ozawa's fund management body. Ishikawa was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for three years. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Ozawa aide Ishikawa

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa (R), a former secretary to Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa and now a House of Representatives member, holds a press conference in Tokyo on the evening of Sept. 26, 2011, after being sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for violating the political funds control law by the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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3 ex-Ozawa aides found guilty over political fund report

TOKYO, Japan - Takanori Okubo, a former state-paid secretary of Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, walks to the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 26, 2011. The court ruled the same day that Okubo and two other former aides to Ozawa were guilty of falsifying political fund reports for Ozawa's fund management body. Okubo was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years. (Kyodo)

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3 ex-Ozawa aides found guilty over political fund report

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa raises his hand near a lower house members' office building in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2011. The Tokyo District Court the same day found three former aides to Ozawa guilty of falsifying political fund reports for his fund management body. (Kyodo)

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3 ex-Ozawa aides found guilty over political fund report

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsutomo Ikeda, former private aide to Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, enters the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 26, 2011. The court ruled the same day that Ikeda and two other former aides to Ozawa were guilty of falsifying political fund reports for Ozawa's fund management body. Ikeda was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for three years. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Ozawa aides plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Takanori Okubo, a former secretary to ruling party veteran Ichiro Ozawa, walks into the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 7, 2011. Okubo, along with two other former secretaries to Ozawa, pleaded not guilty to a charge of false reporting of Ozawa's political funds during their first hearing of the trial. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Ozawa aides plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a former secretary to ruling party veteran Ichiro Ozawa, walks into the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 7, 2011. Ishikawa, along with two other former secretaries to Ozawa, pleaded not guilty to a charge of false reporting of Ozawa's political funds during their first hearing of the trial. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Ozawa aides plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsutomo Ikeda, a former secretary to ruling party veteran Ichiro Ozawa, walks into the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 7, 2011. Ikeda, along with two other former secretaries to Ozawa, pleaded not guilty to a charge of false reporting of Ozawa's political funds during their first hearing of the trial. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Ozawa aides plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Takanori Okubo, a former secretary to ruling party veteran Ichiro Ozawa, bows to reporters in front of the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 7, 2011. Okubo, along with two other former secretaries to Ozawa, pleaded not guilty to a charge of false reporting of Ozawa's political funds during their first hearing of the trial. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects as evidence ex-Ozawa aide's depositions

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa is pictured in a car as he arrives at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012. The court decided against admitting as evidence most of the depositions taken by prosecutors from one of the former aides to Ozawa over alleged false reporting of political funds. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects as evidence ex-Ozawa aide's depositions

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa (upper L), and his three former aides Tomohiro Ishikawa (upper R), Takanori Okubo (lower L) and Mitsutomo Ikeda (lower R). The Tokyo District Court decided on Feb. 17, 2012, against admitting as evidence in Ozawa's trial most of the depositions taken by prosecutors from Ishikawa over alleged false reporting of political funds. A team of three court-appointed lawyers who serve as prosecutors in the trial had called on the court to adopt 42 sets of depositions taken by prosecutors from Ishikawa, Ikeda and Okubo, all of whom were once secretaries to Ozawa. (Kyodo)

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Indicted ex-Ozawa aide Ishikawa to leave DPJ, but remain in Diet

OBIHIRO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa (L), a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and former aide to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, attends a news conference in Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan, where his constituency is located, after submitting his resignation letter to leave the ruling party on Feb. 11, 2010. The letter was accepted by the party the same day following his indictment over funding irregularities in connection with a Tokyo land deal involving Ozawa's fund management body. (Kyodo)

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Indicted ex-Ozawa aide Ishikawa to leave DPJ, but remain in Diet

OBIHIRO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa (L), a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and former aide to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, smiles as one of his supporter encourages him after a news conference in Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan, where his constituency is located, which he held after submitting his resignation letter to leave the ruling party on Feb. 11, 2010. The letter was accepted by the party the same day following his indictment over funding irregularities in connection with a Tokyo land deal involving Ozawa's fund management body. (Kyodo)