Labels:text | clothing | man | suit | human face | newspaper | screenshot | gentleman | person OCR: INSIGHT rest. By dawn, the media were in a frenzy, the LDP in a state of shock. Kanemaru had been ar- rested for evading more than US$7.2 million in taxes-not on the "Sagawa money", but on an obscure type of bond called discount bank de- bentures. Over the years, Kanemaru had been one of Japan's enigmas. "His politics and conduct were repugnant," notes veteran political analyst Ku- sayanagi Daizo, "but he makes for a fascinating character study." Even his most crooked deeds had a certain finesse, a beauty of moneymaking logic, that inspired awe. Kanemaru's influence extended from the Naga- tacho nerve centre to the very heart of the Ja- panese economy and government. Dubbed "the Don", a Ma- Kanemaru and powerhouse Hitachi team, was fia term the Ja- Takeshita ( right) a Kanemaru favourite. panese learned have much in He did not return that day. from the movie common, inc luding family When Kanemaru arrived at the The Godfather, sake businesses hotel, he was whisked into Kanemaru was and a love for custody. By nightfall, the pros- at one time so judo ecutor's office released a terse powerful that his statement announcing his ar- nod alone was FR HALTER
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