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Former governor Sato arrested
Eisaku Sato was arrested Oct. 23 on suspicion of receiving payoffs from contractors in a public works project through a dubious land deal, prosecutors said.
Sato, former governor of northern Fukushima Prefecture, and his younger brother, Yuji, acted in collusion over a scheme to receive payoffs, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office said in a statement.
The Japan Times Weekly: Oct. 28, 2006 (C) All rights reserved
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