51.   The scandal involves charges of corruption in credit unions and illegally extending loans to politicians.

52.   The scandal involves disappearing cars -- hundreds of them.

53.   The scandal involves Vice Health and Welfare Minister Nobuharu Okamitsu who came under media grilling over a newspaper interview in which he acknowledged close ties with Koyama.

54.   The Cools affair has enabled investigators to uncover a series of bribery scandals involving members of the Socialist party and foreign arms manufacturers.