National News Hatoyama apologizes over scandal

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Following the indictment of his two former secretaries, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama apologized, but refused to resign for his political funds scandal and later paid some ¥600 million in gift taxes on donations made to him by his mother that were first deemed as "loans.'' Keiji Katsuba, 59, was indicted without arrest for falsifying reports of the prime minister's fund management body. Daisuke Haga, 55, received a summary order of a ¥300,000 fine for failing to oversee the malpractice. (The Japan Times)

虚偽記載問題で鳩山首相が謝罪

12月24日、鳩山由紀夫首相は、資金管理団体の収支報告書に虚偽記載したとして、政治資金規正法違反の罪で元公設第1秘書が在宅起訴されたことなどを受けて、記者会見を開いて謝罪した。

Shukan ST: January 15, 2010

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