The connection between the arrested member of the House of Representatives Akimoto and the IR was December 25 at 16:01
Representative Akimoto has been focusing on activities aimed at the realization of integrated resort facilities, including casinos, and has been active as a member of the bipartisan parliamentary federation promoting IR. In April, as some opposition parties left the cabinet as chairman of the lower house cabinet committee, a bill was passed to promote IR development, which led to the passage of the bill. On the other hand, advisors have frequently contacted the top management and related parties of the Chinese company "500 dot com" arrested for alleged bribery.
In August, Mr. Akimoto was appointed as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Cabinet Office in charge of IR and other matters in August. I was giving a lecture.
It is said that the symposium was hosted by Chinese corporate advisers Masahiko Konno and Katsunori Nakazato.
Mr. Akimoto visited the 500 dot com headquarters in Shenzhen, China, in December, after meeting as Deputy Minister, and met with top management.
The visit was accompanied by other members of the House of Representatives who promote IR, a former director of a Japanese company in China, Mr. Zheng Xia, and a former policy secretary of Rep. Akimoto, who also visited the casino facilities in Macau. is.
The following month, last January, a Chinese company stated that it was considering investing in a tourism company operating a resort facility in Rusutsu-mura, Hokkaido to attract IR.
In February of last year, Representative Akimoto visited Rusutsu-mura and met Mayor Tabaya, the executive officer in charge of IR at the Hokkaido Government, and the president of a tourism company. In the deputy minister's office, Representative Akimoto and a person from a Chinese company and a person from Rusutsu-mura were meeting.
* Shenzhen = (Saturated river)