National News Hatoyama implicated in multiple scandals

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Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama indicated Nov. 4 he may have over-bankrolled his political fund management body but claimed it was his understanding that funds in excess of the Yen 10 million limit he can personally kick in constituted a loan he would later get back.

Hatoyama made the admission when he and his Democratic Party of Japan-led Cabinet came under renewed fire before the Lower House Budget Committee by the opposition camp, mainly members of the ex-ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

The admission comes on the heels of a Nov. 2 revelation that Hatoyama had failed to declare income from stock sales. The prime minister apologized for failing to declare the income and blamed a communications breakdown with his office personnel.(The Japan Times)

首相、献金問題に続き株売却益申告漏れ

株売却で得た約7000万円を税務申告していなかった問題で、鳩山由紀夫首相は11月2日夜、首相官邸で謝罪した。

Shukan ST: November 13, 2009

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