71.   Corporate donations were blamed for many of the corruption scandals that have hit Japan in recent years.

72.   Secretary general Koichi Kao expressed opposition to a ban on corporate donations, Jiji said, adding the LDP was unlikely to accept all the proposals the SDP offered.

73.   Standing on a black stage, Nader took aim at the lavishly orchestrated Republican convention that was largely financed by corporate donations, noting he accepts no donations.