21. Prosecutors rarely arrest suspects in Japan, especially important ones, unless they plan to bring charges. 22. Tokyo prosecutors also arrested five Yamaichi executives today and raided its headquarters for the second time in connection with alleged illegal payments to a gangster. 23. Tokyo district prosecutors today arrested the former presidents of two Tokyo credit cooperatives that failed last year under billions of yens in bad loans. 24. Tokyo prosecutors arrested one current official and two former managing directors of Nomura Securities Co. Wednesday on charges of illegally paying money to gangsters. 25. Tokyo prosecutors arrested two Japanese Ministry of Finance officials on charges of accepting bribes from four banks in return for favorable treatment, the authorities said. 26. Today, in a symbolic break with that practice, prosecutors arrested four executives of Daiwa Securities. 27. Tokyo prosecutors arrested two current and three former Yamaichi Securities Co. executives in a widening scandal over illegal payoffs to a corporate racketeer. 28. Tokyo prosecutors have arrested executives from both companies in relation to the allegations. 29. Tokyo prosecutors today arrested Hamanaka for allegedly forging the documents, Japanese media reported. 30. Yesterday, prosecutors arrested three executives of Dai-Ichi Kangyo on suspicion they lent millions of dollars to a reputed gangster without collateral. |