1.   Police raided the headquarters of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Thursday after arresting three company executives on charges of making illegal payments to suspected racketeers.

2.   A major Japanese bank said Friday its president and several other executives will be demoted to take responsibility for a scandal over loans to a suspected racketeer.

3.   In a separate case, police arrested three Mitsubishi Motors Corp. executives last month on charges of making illegal payments to other suspected racketeers.

4.   In that scandal, the three, who were subsequently released on bail, were charged with illegally funneling profits to suspected racketeer Ryuichi Koike.

5.   In that scandal, the three, who had been released on bail, were charged with illegally funneling profits to suspected racketeer Ryuichi Koike.

6.   The move followed arrests last month of five brokerage officials accused of illegally funneling profits to, Ryuichi Koike, a suspected racketeer.

7.   The move followed the arrests last month of five brokerage officials accused of illegally funneling profits to Ryuichi Koike, a suspected racketeer.

8.   The six suspected racketeers were also arrested, it added.

9.   Two Ajinomoto officials and eight suspected racketeers, including Nawa, were indicted in March in the payoff scandal.

10.   Crimean Tatars and suspected racketeers clashed at a public market here Friday, leaving one person wounded, police said.