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(4)Seibu Railway execs held over illegal payments to racketeers

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Toda (R), president of Seibu Railway Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on March 1 about the arrest of three senior company officials on suspicion of paying off ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeers.

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(3)Seibu Railway execs held over illegal payments to racketeers

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Toda (R), president of Seibu Railway Co., and other Seibu executives, bow to reporters during a press conference at the company's head office in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on March 1 after three senior company officials were arrested on suspicion of paying off ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeers.

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(2) Seibu Railway execs held over illegal payments to racketeers

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Investigators search Seibu Railway Co.'s headquarters March 1 in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, as three senior company officials were arrested for allegedly paying off a corporate racketeer in violation of the Commercial Code.

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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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Police raid Kubota over unlawful payment to racketeers

OSAKA, Japan - Police officers walk into the head office of Kubota Corp., a major farm machinery maker, in Osaka on June 15 for investigation on suspicion it paid as much as 350 million yen in cash to two corporate racketeers under the pretext of billboard advertising.

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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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Police raid Kubota over unlawful payment to racketeers

OSAKA, Japan - Police officers walk into the head office of Kubota Corp., a major farm machinery maker, in Osaka on June 15 for investigation on suspicion it paid as much as 350 million yen in cash to two corporate racketeers under the pretext of billboard advertising.

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Sokaiya corporate racketeers

TOKYO, Japan - Sokaiya corporate racketeers scuffle with stockholders at a general stockholders meeting of Misubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on May 28, 1971.

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(1)Seibu Railway execs held over illegal payments to racketeers

TOKYO, Japan - Seibu Railway Co.'s Senior Managing Director Seiichi Ikura (file photo) was arrested March 1, along with two other senior officials, for allegedly paying off a corporate racketeer in violation of the Commercial Code. (Kyodo)

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(4)Seibu Railway execs held over illegal payments to racketeers

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Toda (R), president of Seibu Railway Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on March 1 about the arrest of three senior company officials on suspicion of paying off ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeers. (Kyodo)

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(3)Seibu Railway execs held over illegal payments to racketeers

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Toda (R), president of Seibu Railway Co., and other Seibu executives, bow to reporters during a press conference at the company's head office in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on March 1 after three senior company officials were arrested on suspicion of paying off ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeers. (Kyodo)

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(2) Seibu Railway execs held over illegal payments to racketeers

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Investigators search Seibu Railway Co.'s headquarters March 1 in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, as three senior company officials were arrested for allegedly paying off a corporate racketeer in violation of the Commercial Code. (Kyodo)

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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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Racketeer arrested in illegal payoff case

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Okuda (R), a resident of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, is escorted to the Osaka Higashi Police Station on the morning of Nov. 9 after he allegedly received money in exchange for dissuading other ''sokaiya'' racketeers from disrupting Kobe Steel's shareholders' meeting held in 1997. Okuda was arrested later in the day.

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Racketeer arrested in illegal payoff case

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Okuda (R), a resident of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, is escorted to the Osaka Higashi Police Station on the morning of Nov. 9 after he allegedly received money in exchange for dissuading other ''sokaiya'' racketeers from disrupting Kobe Steel's shareholders' meeting held in 1997. Okuda was arrested later in the day.