11.   Prosecutors raided Nomura and Japan Public Highway Corp. today.

12.   Prosecutors today raided offices of Daiwa Securities Co. on suspicion it paid the same racketeer.

13.   Prosecutors also raided Nomura and charged its former president and two top executives over payments to Koike.

14.   Stocks plunged yesterday after prosecutors raided Yamaichi Securities Co. as part of an investigation into payoffs to a corporate racketeer.

15.   The widening scandal led prosecutors to raid Daiwa Securities Co. yesterday and to arrest five Yamaichi Securities Co. executives on Wednesday.

16.   This morning, Tokyo prosecutors again raided the head office of Dai-Ichi Kangyo to search for evidence that the bank paid off a gangster.

17.   Tokyo prosecutors raided the offices of Yamaichi Securities Co. seeking evidence of payoffs to corporate racketeers.

18.   Tokyo prosecutors raided the headquarters of Yamaichi Securities on suspicion that it, too, had made payments to the same racketeer.

19.   Tokyo prosecutors raided the head office of Nomura Securities Co., which is under investigation for funneling money from an illegal account to a company with suspected criminal connections.

20.   Tokyo prosecutors raided Daiwa Securities Co. today on charges it paid off a corporate racketeer.