Tokyo police punish 19 over wrongful arrests

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Yuji Sakoda, superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after the Tokyo police made public disciplinary measures against 19 high-ranking members over the wrongful arrests and indictments of three men in 2020 in connection with a case involving the suspected unauthorized export of sensitive equipment. (Kyodo)

Tokyo police punish 19 over wrongful arrests

Tokyo police punish 19 over wrongful arrests

Yuji Sakoda, superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bows during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after the Tokyo police made public disciplinary measures against 19 high-ranking members over the wrongful arrests and indictments of three men in 2020 in connection with a case involving the suspected unauthorized export of sensitive equipment.

Tokyo police punish 19 over wrongful arrests

Tokyo police punish 19 over wrongful arrests

Yuji Sakoda, superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after the Tokyo police made public disciplinary measures against 19 high-ranking members over the wrongful arrests and indictments of three men in 2020 in connection with a case involving the suspected unauthorized export of sensitive equipment.

Hatoyama says he wants to start anew after ex-aides' indictments

Hatoyama says he wants to start anew after ex-aides' indictments

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama looks up at the sky as he walks out of the prime minister's office on the morning of Dec. 25, 2009, a day after the indictments of two of his former secretaries over the falsification of political fund reports. Hatoyama, who held a press conference the previous evening to publicly apologize for the scandal, told reporters he wants to start anew, steeling himself to fix what needs to be fixed.

Hatoyama speaks about indictments of ex-secretaries

Hatoyama speaks about indictments of ex-secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters on Dec 24, 2009, outside the prime minister's office, about the expected indictments of two of his former secretaries on charges of falsifying funding reports. He said he plans to give an explanation after the indictments.

Hatoyama speaks about indictments of ex-secretaries

Hatoyama speaks about indictments of ex-secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters on Dec 24, 2009, outside the prime minister's office, about the expected indictments of two of his former secretaries on charges of falsifying funding reports. He said he plans to give an explanation after the indictments.

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Lockheed executive Archibold Kotchian (in file photo taken in July 1972) died Dec. 14, a person from an apartment facility for elderly people in Palo Alto, California, where he lived, said Dec. 20. He was 94. He is known in Japan for his congressional testimony in February 1976 that his company had given money to foreign officials to sell Lockheed airplanes, which later led to the indictments of more than a dozen people in Japan, including former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, on charges of bribe-taking.

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Lockheed executive Archibold Kotchian (in file photo taken in July 1972) died Dec. 14, a person from an apartment facility for elderly people in Palo Alto, California, where he lived, said Dec. 20. He was 94. He is known in Japan for his congressional testimony in February 1976 that his company had given money to foreign officials to sell Lockheed airplanes, which later led to the indictments of more than a dozen people in Japan, including former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, on charges of bribe-taking. (Kyodo)

Hatoyama says he wants to start anew after ex-aides' indictments

Hatoyama says he wants to start anew after ex-aides' indictments

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama looks up at the sky as he walks out of the prime minister's office on the morning of Dec. 25, 2009, a day after the indictments of two of his former secretaries over the falsification of political fund reports. Hatoyama, who held a press conference the previous evening to publicly apologize for the scandal, told reporters he wants to start anew, steeling himself to fix what needs to be fixed. (Kyodo)

Hatoyama speaks about indictments of ex-secretaries

Hatoyama speaks about indictments of ex-secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters on Dec 24, 2009, outside the prime minister's office, about the expected indictments of two of his former secretaries on charges of falsifying funding reports. He said he plans to give an explanation after the indictments. (Kyodo)

Hatoyama speaks about indictments of ex-secretaries

Hatoyama speaks about indictments of ex-secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters on Dec 24, 2009, outside the prime minister's office, about the expected indictments of two of his former secretaries on charges of falsifying funding reports. He said he plans to give an explanation after the indictments. (Kyodo)