Word: okubo
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...First, that scandal, which could yet derail his progress. On March 3, Ozawa's chief secretary, Takanori Okubo, was arrested by the Tokyo District Prosecutor's office on charges of taking, and falsely reporting, illegal political donations from dummy corporations linked to the company Nishimatsu Construction. The donations are alleged to have been funneled through Ozawa's political fund. In a March 7 interview with TIME, Ozawa said that he was "very surprised" by the arrest, and that the case involved merely "errors in the statement of political fundraising records" of the sort that in the past required only...
...Dandy director Semukichi Okubo says 80% of the club's clientele is made up of well-off night workers such as hostesses and women in the sex industry, but there are also CEOs, wealthy homemakers, writers, artists, professionals and celebrities. Men often come as well. "Ginza hostesses sometimes bring their customers to pay their bills, and they are happy doing that because hosts are very good at flattering them, which makes them look really good in front of the girls," smiles Okubo...