31.   Mitsuzuka had come under intense pressure to resign after prosecutors raided his ministry on Monday and opposition lawmakers vowed to block critical national budget legislation until he quit.

32.   Mitsuzuka was pressed to resign after prosecutors raided the ministry Monday and opposition lawmakers vowed to block critical national budget legislation until he quit.

33.   Prosecutors have not raided the China Times, but Tsai said that the National Security Bureau was considering taking legal action against the newspaper for leaking state secrets.

34.   Prosecutors raid Daiwa homes, offices.

35.   Recently, prosecutors raided two NEC subsidiaries, and the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Defense Agency, in a widening scandal involving corruption in military purchases.

36.   Prosecutors also raided the central Tokyo headquarters of the Defense Agency on Thursday.

37.   Prosecutors raided the home and office of a former labor minister Tuesday, looking for evidence to link him to shady loans made to companies run by his relatives.

38.   Prosecutors Wednesday raided the head office of Yamaichi Securities Co., a major Japanese brokerage, in a widening scandal involving suspected payoffs to a corporate racketeer.

39.   Prosecutors have not raided the China Times, and they did not explain why the paper was not being targeted.

40.   Prosecutors have recently raided two NEC subsidiaries and the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Defense Agency in a widening scandal involving corruption in military purchases.