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December 11, 1988
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TOKYO A stock scandal widened Saturday when the opposition Japan Socialist Party revealed the names of 17 business and government officials reportedly involved in questionable stock purchases, news reports said.

Two municipal Assembly members, whose Saitama and Kanagawa regions form the hub of development in the outer Tokyo area, were on the list along with banking, real estate and company officials, Kyodo News Service said.

Okiyuki Hoashi, member of the Urawa Assembly in Saitama prefecture, and Chikau Matsumura, former member of the Yokohama Municipal Assembly in Kanagawa prefecture, were among 17 people reportedly offered 170,000 shares in the real estate and information ...

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