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Citizens call for impeachment of Estrada

MANILA, Philippines - Members of a Philippine citizens group call for impeachment procedures against President Joseph Estrada in Manila on Oct. 11 over allegations he accepted millions of dollars in payoffs from illegal gambling.

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Kubota apologizes to shareholders for paying off racketeers

OSAKA, Japan - An audience at the Osaka headquarters of machinery maker Kubota Corp. watches a video monitor showing senior company officials bowing in apology at the company's annual shareholders meeting June 29. The apology, broadcast live, was for the recent arrests of two racketeers accused of accepting payoffs from the company.

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Kubota suspected of paying off racketeers

OSAKA, Japan - The Osaka head office of Kubota Corp., a major Japanese farm machinery maker, is raided by police June 15 as the company is suspected of making 350 million yen in illegal payoffs to two ''sokaiya'' racketeers under the guise of rental fees for billboard advertising.

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Kobe Steel raided

OSAKA, Japan - Koshi Mizukoshi (L), president of Kobe Steel Ltd, speaks at a news conference at its head office in Kobe, Kyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 9 after police raided the head office the same day on suspicion the steelmaker gave 30 million yen in illegal payoffs to a ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeer in 1997.

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DKB president testifies

Katsuhiko KONDO, president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank suspected of making illegal payoffs to a ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeer, testifies at a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on June 5, when Tokyo prosecutors arrested for executives of the major commercial bank on the suspicion.

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Nomura ex-President testifies

Former Nomura Securities Co. President Yoshihisa TABUCHI testifies as an unsworn witness before the House of Representatives Budget Committee on June 5 in connection with a payoff scandal involving a 'sokaiya' corporate racketeer. Tabuchi denied involvement in the scandal in which Japan's top brokerage allegedly made illegal payoffs to the racketeer.

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DKB president testifies at Diet

Katsuhiko KONDO (R), the president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank which is suspected of making illegal payoffs to a ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeer, testifies at a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on June 5, when prosecutors arrested four former and incumbent executives of the major commercial bank in the case.

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Ex-Nomura Securities chief test

Former Nomura Securities Co. President Yoshihisa TABUCHI (standing) testifies as an unsworn witness before the House of Representatives Budget Committee on June 5 in connection with a payoff scandal involving a 'sokaiya' corporate racketeer. Tabuchi denied involvement in the scandal in which Japan's top brokerage allegedly made illegal payoffs to the racketeer.

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THE DISAPPEARANCE

THE DISAPPEARANCE [BR / CAN 1977] JOHN HURT [left] Date: 1977

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane (R) bows in apology during a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town, where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town, where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane bows in apology during a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town, where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric President Iwane

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Shigeki Iwane attends a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town, where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric Chairman Yagi

Makoto Yagi, chairman of Kansai Electric Power Co., addresses the press outside his home in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric Chairman Yagi

Makoto Yagi, chairman of Kansai Electric Power Co., addresses the press outside his home in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric Chairman Yagi

Makoto Yagi, chairman of Kansai Electric Power Co., addresses the press outside his home in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2019, following revelations that he and other executives received payoffs totaling 180 million yen from a former deputy mayor of a central Japan town where one of the company's nuclear power plants is sited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Citizens call for impeachment of Estrada

MANILA, Philippines - Members of a Philippine citizens group call for impeachment procedures against President Joseph Estrada in Manila on Oct. 11 over allegations he accepted millions of dollars in payoffs from illegal gambling.

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Kubota apologizes to shareholders for paying off racketeers

OSAKA, Japan - An audience at the Osaka headquarters of machinery maker Kubota Corp. watches a video monitor showing senior company officials bowing in apology at the company's annual shareholders meeting June 29. The apology, broadcast live, was for the recent arrests of two racketeers accused of accepting payoffs from the company.

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Kubota suspected of paying off racketeers

OSAKA, Japan - The Osaka head office of Kubota Corp., a major Japanese farm machinery maker, is raided by police June 15 as the company is suspected of making 350 million yen in illegal payoffs to two ''sokaiya'' racketeers under the guise of rental fees for billboard advertising.

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Kobe Steel raided

OSAKA, Japan - Koshi Mizukoshi (L), president of Kobe Steel Ltd, speaks at a news conference at its head office in Kobe, Kyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 9 after police raided the head office the same day on suspicion the steelmaker gave 30 million yen in illegal payoffs to a ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeer in 1997.

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Racketeer Koike sentenced to 9 months in payoff scandal

Ryuichi Koike, ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeer, enters the Tokyo District Court on April 21 to receive a ruling on a charge that he received illegally 12.4 billion yen in payoffs from four securities firms and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank. The court sentenced Koike to nine months in prison later in the day.

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Ex-head of Nomura gets suspended jail term

Hideo Sakamaki (C), former president of Nomura Securities Co., was sentenced Jan. 20 by the Tokyo District Court to a one-year prison term, suspended for three years, for illegal payoffs to a ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeer. Sakamaki, seen entering the court building, paid some 370 million yen to Ryuichi Koike in 1995 in exchange for not disrupting the company's shareholders meeting, according to the ruling. ==Kyodo