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1915 Japan presented its "Twenty-One Demands" to the Chinese government. Among the demands were the transfer of German rights in Shandong province to the Japanese, extension of Japanese rights in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, and the right of the Japanese to appoint advisers to the Chinese military, police, and government. Ironically, it was Okuma Shigenobu, who had negotiated an end to Japan's unequal treaties with the West, who presented these demands to the Chinese government headed by Yuan Shikai.
1998 In Tokyo, police arrested Isaka Takehiko, chief financial officer of the Japan Highway Public Corporation, and two former Nomura Securities Company officers and charged them with bribery. Isaka previously worked for the Ministry of Finance and was accused of accepting ¥2.5 million worth of "entertainment" from the Nomura officials.
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