The Justice Ministry has launched a nationwide investigation into adoptions, suspecting many in recent years were made for illegal purposes. Helping foreigners get Japanese passports and heavy debtors obtain new loans illicitly were the apparent motives of 60 men and women living in Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture who completed adoption procedures in 197 instances between February 2001 and August 2007, according to the Kanagawa prefectural police. (Yomiuri)

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