TOKYO( Kyodo)--A bronze statue of the late Japanese comedian Ken Shimura was unveiled Saturday in

Komeito's Kiyohiko Toyama is seen here in a file photo taken on March 26, 2019.... The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigations unit has charged Toyama, 52, with arranging loans to businesses from the government-backed Japan Finance Corp.... He reportedly received some 10 million yen( about$ 87, 000) in thank-you money from the firms involved....

Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office members pack cardboard boxes into a car during a raid on a consulting firm headed by former House of Representatives member Kiyohiko Toyama, in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Aug.... The man, in his 70s, reportedly provided cash on multiple occasions to former House of Representatives member Kiyohiko Toyama, 52, a member of ruling coalition junior partner Komeito.... The revelation came during voluntary questioning of the man by the special investigation unit

A government building housing the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is seen.... The revelation came during voluntary questioning of the man, in his 70s, by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation unit.... Political funding reports of political organizations linked to Toyama dating from 2017 to 2019 do not list donations from the man....

Hidetoshi Tanaka is seen in this September 2020 file photo.... The remaining 65 million yen apparently was handed to Tanaka in 2020 in three separate installments.... Other cash was supposedly a kickback from businesses for accepting project orders involving Nihon University, among other purposes....

The prosecutor's office is apparently wary of the Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution because it has the power to force prosecutors to reopen an investigation and indict suspects.... An official posts a decision by the Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution, which partially ruled that non-prosecution of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was" inappropriate" over his connection to a money issue involving pre-sakura party dinner functions, in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on July 30, 2021.... Abe's