Law applied fairly to all

Even the new Prime Minister of Japan is not above the law. The prosecutors are willing to investigate into any alleged violation of the law.

Japan PM's office probed
TOKYO - JAPANESE prosecutors have launched a probe into the fund-raising activities of new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's office, which is fully cooperating, his lawyer said on Monday.

'An investigation into the case of a (possible) violation of the political funds control law has begun,' Mr Hatoyama's lawyer, Mr Yoichi Ioroi, said in a statement.