In a significant crackdown on a large-scale money laundering operation, the Osaka Prefectural Police have requested the freezing of approximately 1,300 bank accounts allegedly misused by a ...

The accounts were opened in financial institutions throughout Japan ... In Osaka in April, a woman in her 60s received a phone call from a man claiming to be an employee of the city office.

MUFG Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp ... retained both the office of prefectural governor and city mayor in Osaka on Sunday. Japan’s casino plans have faced a number of obstacles such ...