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. |