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People | CLOSE-UP Dec 5, 2004

Joji Yamamoto: Time to serve

by Masami Ito

Joji Yamamoto was a young, idealistic politician with a bright future -- but all that promise dissolved on Sept. 4, 2000, when he was arrested on suspicion of fraud. Soon after the arrest, Yamamoto admitted his guilt. He had, indeed, pocketed more than 25 million ...

People | CLOSE-UP Sep 5, 2004

Takafumi Horie: Livedoor whiz kid sets a new style

Takafumi Horie, 31, has been the man in the news since the end of June, when he announced that his Tokyo-based Internet service firm, Livedoor Co., was in the market for Osaka's debt-ravaged Kintetsu Buffaloes baseball team. In the present tumultuous state of the professional ...