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Edition: U.S. Article Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared UPDATE 1-O'Brien thanks fans, NBC, in 'Tonight' farewell 1:06am EST China says it needs no Internet lessons from U.S. 1:34am EST Conan O'Brien thanks fans in "Tonight" farewell | Video 7:27am EST Bernanke second term in doubt | Video 3:42am EST Tablet launch, earnings mean big week for Apple 22 Jan 2010 Human "bed-warmers" at Holiday Inn 21 Jan 2010 Wall St Week Ahead-Investors brace for earnings, Bernanke vote 22 Jan 2010 Human "bed-warmers" at Holiday Inn 22 Jan 2010 U.S. says wind could power 20 percent of eastern grid 21 Jan 2010 Investors brace for earnings, Bernanke vote 22 Jan 2010 Japan ruling party No.2 denies scandal Yoko Nishikawa TOKYO Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:10am EST Related News Support for Japan ruling party erodes amid scandal Fri, Jan 22 2010 Scenarios: Japan PM in pinch over ruling party kingpin scandal Fri, Jan 22 2010 Japan Ozawa seen questioned over funding at weekend Tue, Jan 19 2010 Japan PM says Ozawa to stay on as party No.2 Thu, Jan 14 2010 Japan Ozawa's fund group searched, adds to PM woes Wed, Jan 13 2010 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa denied on Saturday any wrongdoing in a funding scandal that is dimming his party's mid-year election prospects, and vowed to stay on in his key position. World | Japan Prosecutors questioned Ozawa, seen as the most powerful politician in the ruling Democratic Party, for four hours on Saturday over the scandal, in which three of his aides were arrested on suspicion of misreporting political donations. The scandal has eroded support for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's government ahead of the poll for parliament's upper house, risking policy stalemate in the long term. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Graphic on Japan voter support: r.reuters.com/myv63g ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ozawa, who holds the key post of party secretary-general, is the Democrats' key campaign strategist and is widely seen as the real power behind Hatoyama's administration. "I have to apologize to the public about things including my aides, but I would like to fulfill my duty," he told a news conference when asked if he will stay in his post. Ozawa also released a statement denying that either he or his funding group had received illegal donations, or that he himself was involved in any false reporting of political funds. The Democrats need an upper house majority to reduce reliance on small coalition partners and enable them to pass bills smoothly. The party swept to power last year promising to reduce bureaucrats' control of policy, cut waste and boost consumer spending power to help the weak economy. Ozawa came under fire after prosecutors arrested the former and current aides earlier this month. He has repeatedly denied any intentional wrongdoing and he was not legally obliged to respond to the prosecutors' request that he answer questions about the case. PM HOPES OZAWA INNOCENT Japanese media have said prosecutors suspected construction firms seeking public contracts may have contributed some of the misreported funds. Some newspapers said prosecutors were probing the possibility Ozawa was involved in illegal activities. Hatoyama has backed Ozawa, credited with engineering his party's historic win in an election for the more powerful lower house last August that brought it to power, and said he hoped the party No.2 would have a chance to prove his innocence. On Saturday, he repeated his hope that Ozawa was innocent. "He has said he is innocent, and I want to believe that," Hatoyama told reporters ahead of Ozawa's news conference. Some analysts say Ozawa, who resigned the party's top post last year over a separate scandal, will have to step down this time too, but may not decide to do so for a while. Opposition lawmakers, who grilled Hatoyama this week about the scandal during parliamentary debate on an extra budget for the year to March 31, vowed to keep up their attack. "He should remove his (member of parliament's) pin, explain himself to the people and then run for a seat again," said Shuzen Tanigawa, a senior lawmaker in the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, which was ousted after a half century of almost unbroken rule in the August poll. The extra budget, however, is expected to be enacted next week because the opposition would risk a public backlash if they delayed the steps, aimed at bolstering Japan's economy. Despite slipping voter support for the government, the LDP has not recovered much ground since being ousted from power. Ozawa said he hoped for fair and calm reporting by media and a fair investigation by prosecutors, but refrained from criticizing the probe. Ozawa, who bolted the then-ruling LDP in 1993 and spent the years after striving to defeat his former colleagues, has been a double-edged sword for the Democrats. His electioneering skills are seen as important to winning the upper house election, but his image as an old-style political fixer is denting the popularity of the party, which took power pledging to sweep away politics based on vested interests and collusion between lawmakers and bureaucrats. (Additional reporting by Miho Yoshikawa and Yoko Kubota; Writing by Linda Sieg) World Japan More from Reuters Obama says court ruling a blow to democracy WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched an extraordinary attack on the Supreme Court on Saturday, saying a ruling on corporate donations to political campaigns this week "strikes at democracy itself." 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