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Saturday, 25 May 2013

Trial opens for Japanese political power broker

Reported by: AP/UNBconnect
Reported on: October 06, 2011 11:14 AM
Reported in: International

TOKYO, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) - The behind-the-scenes power broker for Japan's ruling party has gone on trial in a political funding scandal related to a murky 2004 land deal.

Ichiro Ozawa engineered the Democratic Party of Japan's rise to power in 2009. He was charged this year for allegedly overseeing false accounting by his former aides, and his trial opened Thursday.

The case could undermine Ozawa's political influence and the struggling party's unity.

Ozawa told the Tokyo District Court on Thursday that he is not guilty.

The three former aides were convicted last month over the case and have since appealed.

The scandal has damaged Ozawa's ambitions to become prime minister, though he still wields considerable influence within the party.

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