istry employees who enter politics provide loyal support from parliament. Bureaucrats' university classmates try to maintain close ties from the banks and businesses where they work. The elite mandarins of MoF, as the ministry is known, have been feared, respected and, until now, never questioned"(Haitt).
             Probably the most popular scandal know in Japan is the Lockheed Scandal. In this case the Prime Minister was indicted on bribery charges. When Prime Minsiter Kakuei Tanaka was investigated, it brought up answers to many unanswered questions. There was questionable land and property deals, influence peddling, the purchase of an worthless dry riverbed whose value increased when it was bought by the government. In December of 1974 Tanaka resigned. This investigation brought about suspicions on illegal business involved in the sales of other aircraft's dating back to the 1960's. Information on wrong doings were found through many politicians but could not be tried due to the statue of limitations.
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