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Article: Fukui says investment in Murakami more than doubled: Fukui says investment in Murakami more than doubled.
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- Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2006
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Byline: Tetsushi Kajimoto
Jun. 21--Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui revealed Tuesday that he earned more than 14 million yen from his investment in the scandal-tainted Murakami fund as of the end of last year, and said he will take a 30 percent pay cut for causing a public sensation by holding on to his investment when he became central bank chief in 2003. Fukui submitted the information to the Diet earlier in the day in response to opposition party demands that he disclose details of his controversial 10 million yen investment in the fund. He made the investment in October 1999 when he was chairman of the board of a private think tank. As it turned out, ...