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Miyazawa was one of three Cabinet ministers who resigned because of links to the scandal involving Japan's giant Recruit Co., an information services conglomerate. In addition, prosecutors arrested 14 people, including two former vice ministers, on bribery or securities law violation...
...Recruit scandal broke last summer with revelations the company had sold cut-price shares in a real estate subsidiary to more than 150 politicians, bureaucrats, business leaders and media executives...
...shares, often bought with money lent by another Recruit subsidiary, yielded fat profits when sold after the subsidiary went public...
These practices do not necessarily violate Japanese law. But Recruit may have overstepped legal limits -- and certainly drew attention to the pervasive role of money in Japanese politics...
...vicious cult of witchcraft and murder is unearthed in Matamoros, Mexico, as police discover the remains of 13 victims, including the body of a missing American student. -- What's behind the Recruit scandal in Japan and why it may topple the government of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita...