Article: Fukui investment causes stir.

Byline: Akihiro Okada

Jun. 14--TOKYO -- The news that Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui had personally invested [yen]10 million in the so-called Murakami Fund caused a commotion in the government and financial industry Tuesday.

The most senior figure in the nation's financial world has effectively backed an investment fund suspected of involvement in illegal activities.

Yoshiaki Murakami, who headed the fund until recently, has been arrested on suspicion of insider trading in violation of the Securities and Exchange Law.

Some opposition party members have begun to wonder whether Fukui's moral responsibility should be called into ...

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