1.   On the same day Watanabe was interviewed as a sworn witness at the Tokyo Detention Centre by seven budget committee members.

2.   He accentuated the importance of evidence and, in particular, the depositions of sworn witnesses.

3.   Innocent had insisted that the application should be accompanied by the depositions of sworn witnesses and that some of the witnesses should appear in person at the curia.

4.   Evidence to be weighed includes testimony of sworn witnesses, exhibits received into evidence and facts to which both sides stipulated.

5.   To qualify, Guinness requires that a log of her hours be kept, and that there be present two sworn witnesses at all times who sign the log.

6.   The lower house budget committee decided on Monday to summon Suzuki to testify as a sworn witness next Monday on the scandals.