A Japanese court on Thursday found one of the country's most influential politicians not guilty of participating in a funding scandal, reconfiguring the balance of power in the governing party.
The Tokyo District Court acquitted Ichiro Ozawa - nicknamed the "Shadow Shogun" for his political power-broking - of falsifying a funding report.
Ozawa, who was forced to resign as head of the governing Democratic Party of Japan in 2009 because of the scandal, is now in a position to reassert his considerable clout within the party.
He opposes Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's plans to double the sales tax, a controversial measure aimed at tackling Japan's huge public debt.
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He he. Wondering if Ja pans federal reserve is associated with the one located in the USA. LMAO, really.
Misnomer: Ja pans Federal Reserve. Ja pan no-more has a fed than the EU or the US does. None of the federal reserves ever get audited by anyone besides their own directors, the world"s federal reserve banks home-office bank, the bIS bank in Basel, Switzerland Not even Swiss authorities are allowed on their property. (Vatican like)
Why did you copycat Bush(s) and refuse to allow a public audit of the federal reserve system doing business here in the USA? YOU wont even allow US to see the feds home office audits! You ain't a fed are ya?
Hay! Get this...the same people (US based corporate armed security) who protect fmr. President Bush(s) Royal House of Saud buddies protect the property of the BIS bank in Basel, Switzerland. They both have their own little private American army. One would think they could afford their own. They freaking own Harley-Davidson!
@Muffy. Yep. And like that lawyer guy on the other channel (C-Span) telling the Clinton's you can't sell the same piece of property to several different people as OJ was pretending the dreaded glove struggle.
God forbid.
Starring Monica Lewinsky as Mrs. Clinton. (When will C-Span come-up with a new theme for this old FDR/Hellenor Roosevelt soap?)
The jury has spoken.
That being said, it is refreshing to know that the US is not the only country with politicians that use questionable tactics.
It seems Japan has them, also.
It's a small world, after all.
Yes, They most-all have them these days. *Them* being federal reserves, with the lesser of *them* being indebted to the IMF/WorldBank/USAid(s). I ()'d the 's' to note that before Americans landed on the sandy beaches of Afghanistan, the HIV infection rate for Afghanistan was "zero". Now, it rivals Saudi Arabias (source:CIA World Factbook) where Americans have been for a long time... American armed forces defend the House of Saud
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Oh, I know that.
It is just nice to be reminded that we are not the only ones.
None taken, Philip.
That is a memory to cherish forever.
What's with the "we" stuff, Lone Ranger? It's not 'We the People' that's *them*, it's *them*. Though *thems* guys do see about getting lots of stuff for US. And cheap, too.