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Feb. 09 YANBIAN KOREAN AUTONOMOUS PREFECTURE, China

Crabs from N. Korea popular in China

A man shows off crabs from North Korea at a crab processing factory in Yanbian Korean Auto...

Feb. 09 YANJI, China

Crabs from N. Korea popular in China

Crabs from North Korea are on sale at the fish market in Yanji, Jilin Province, northeaste...

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

FOCUS: Questioning brings yearlong investigation of Ozawa into final phase

A yearlong investigation of Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, 67, over an alleged false political fund report related to a Tokyo land purchase in 2004 by his fund management body has entered the final phase, with prosecutors questioning him last Saturday.

Headlines

Feb.09	13:01	FOCUS: Siberian tigers, leopards face new crisis from poachers with explosives
Feb.09	11:53	FOCUS: Poor elderly women financially support grown-up children
Feb.07	21:12	FOCUS: Kan makes it through G-7 debut with some careless remarks
Feb.06	12:39	FOCUS: Japanese universities trying to retain female researchers with children
Feb.06	11:35	FOCUS: Low-key Toyota chief emerges, but leaves recall questions hanging
Feb.04	21:59	FOCUS: Ozawa avoids prosecution, but fate of Hatoyama gov't remains murky
Feb.04	19:09	FOCUS: Ozawa avoids prosecution, but fate of Hatoyama gov't remains murky
Feb.04	11:45	FOCUS: Toyota faces soul-searching as safety crisis hits home
Feb.03	18:46	FOCUS: Arroyo's 'anointed' lags in Philippine presidential race
Feb.03	15:47	FOCUS: Inmates at Abashiri Prison making garbage cages
Feb.01	16:24	FOCUS: Research team studying influence of cellphone waves on children
Jan.31	09:51	FOCUS: Regulatory talks may hold clues to feasibility of Japan-EU FTA
Jan.30	16:27	FOCUS: Doubt casts on plans to automate elections in Philippines
Jan.29	23:59	LEAD FOCUS: Schools for migrant children in Beijing face demolition
Jan.29	23:09	FOCUS: Schools for migrant children in Beijing face demolition
Jan.28	15:13	FOCUS: Sales of nonstandard fruit, vegetables expanding
Jan.27	13:15	FOCUS: Abuse of elderly people on steady rise in Japan
Jan.25	14:45	FOCUS: Questioning brings yearlong investigation of Ozawa into final phase
Jan.24	23:37	FOCUS: Nago race puts Hatoyama under pressure to pick new site for Futemma
Jan.24	21:54	FOCUS: Nago race puts Hatoyama under pressure to pick new site for Futemma
Jan.23	23:22	FOCUS: Malaysia's budget AirAsia set to stir Japan's travel scene
Jan.23	07:53	FOCUS: Obama foreign policy agenda not to be slowed by domestic challenges
Jan.20	18:52	FOCUS: Singapore's 1st casino resorts ready to open their doors
Jan.19	22:24	FOCUS: JAL's bankruptcy: road to salvation or merely life support?
Jan.19	13:05	FOCUS: World Bank staff beckoning prospective Japanese colleagues
Jan.19	12:00	FOCUS: Japan-U.S. security ties tested with elusive Hatoyama on 50-yr mark
Jan.19	09:15	FOCUS: JAL's bankruptcy: road for salvation or merely life support?
Jan.16	15:43	FOCUS: Japan, China to release history study report later January
Jan.16	01:30	FOCUS: Arrest of former Ozawa aides seen as dealing fresh blow to Hatoyama
Jan.15	16:01	FOCUS: Kobe archives preserving memories of 1995 quake
Jan.15	07:44	FOCUS: Lawmakers eyeing tighter deterrence to deal with N. Korean threats
Jan.15	07:44	FOCUS: Japan faces reality of China's rising presence in U.S. diplomacy
Jan.15	07:43	FOCUS: Candid discussions sought to deepen Japan-U.S. alliance
Jan.14	19:39	FOCUS: Nepal's peace process is in danger of collapse
Jan.14	17:30	FOCUS: Rental shops for pets, undergarments, bikes thriving amid slump
Jan.13	16:27	FOCUS: Collision leads to subtle change in Australia's whaling coverage
Jan.13	13:06	FOCUS: Young man's path winds from turmoil in Kuwait to hope in medicine
Jan.12	13:37	FOCUS: Warlordism tightens elite's grip in Philippine politics
Jan.09	16:14	FOCUS: Toyota's hybrid widens lead amid global development race
Jan.09	08:09	FOCUS: Prospect of weaker yen uncertain even after Kan's remarks