Nearing 6 p.m. it is...and still no word on the purported imminent indictments of Ishikawa, Okubo or anyone else.
I guess the forced retirement of Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu has sucked all the air of this news cycle...
Later - In its 5:55 newscast, NHK has announced that the prosecutors have indicted Ishikawa, Okubo and Ikeda on charges stemming from filling of false reports on the provenance of 400 million yen used to purchase a plot of land in Setagaya Ward. As predicted, prosecutors have decided to not indict Democratic Party of Japan Secretary-General Ozawa Ichiro as a co-conspirator.
This is an important component of the story, I think:
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Sankei Shimbun...
Purported quotes from Ozawa made in private...
The person capable of issuing a denial is dead...
Too many warning signs.
Agreed. I merely meant to refer to the passing of Yahiro as important and not often noted. This is also interesting:
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