Japan pension scandal shakes trust in system
<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/japan-pension-scandal-shakes-trust-system-140257694.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X6GG1ByPPpeEAlYdh5.M5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_GB/News/AFP/photo_1333292003176-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Losses at the AIJ pension fund revealed by Kazuhiko Asakawa are "nothing but a fraud" say campaigners" align="left" title="Losses at the AIJ pension fund revealed by Kazuhiko Asakawa are "nothing but a fraud" say campaigners" border="0" /></a>Trucking company president Masazumi Ando said he was furious when he saw the head of an investment firm that lost $1.3 billion in pension money bow in apology at a parliamentary hearing last week.</p><br clear="all"/>
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