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Ex-Saitama governor and ex-upper house president Tsuchiya dies

SAITAMA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2003 shows former Saitama Gov. and House of Councillors President Yoshihiko Tsuchiya. Tsuchiya died of multiple organ failure Oct. 5 at his home in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, his family said Oct. 6. He was 82.

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Prosecutors question ex-Saitama governor, may shelve case

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors have questioned former Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (in file photo) over a political funds scandal involving his eldest daughter and are leaning toward giving up trying to establish a case against him, sources close to the case said July 31.

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Ex-Saitama governor and ex-upper house president Tsuchiya dies

SAITAMA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2003 shows former Saitama Gov. and House of Councillors President Yoshihiko Tsuchiya. Tsuchiya died of multiple organ failure Oct. 5 at his home in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, his family said Oct. 6. He was 82. (Kyodo)

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Daughter of ex-Saitama gov. gets suspended prison term

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on March 17 sentenced Momoko Ichikawa (file photo), a daughter of former Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya, to 18 months in prison, suspended for four years, for embezzlement and falsification of reports on political donations. The court said Ichikawa illegally excluded 116 million yen in donations from reports on her father's political funds between 1998 and 2002. (Kyodo)

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Daughter of ex-Saitama gov. released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Momoko Ichikawa, the daughter of former Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya, covers her faith on release from a detention center Aug. 19 after being arrested and indicted in connection with a political funds scandal involving embezzlement and falsified fund reports. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors question ex-Saitama governor, may shelve case

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors have questioned former Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (in file photo) over a political funds scandal involving his eldest daughter and are leaning toward giving up trying to establish a case against him, sources close to the case said July 31. (Kyodo)