IR bribery case Representative Akimoto introduces MLIT's department in charge of airfield maintenance December 30, 18:07
When a member of the House of Representatives, Akimoto, was arrested for corruption in an IR and integrated resort facility and visited Britain's Rusutsu-mura in February last year at the invitation of a bribery company, a tourism company seeking local IR participation After receiving an explanation about the necessity of developing an airfield for the wealthy overseas, the interviews with related parties revealed that the department in charge of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was introduced to the company. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Investigation Department is investigating the details.
Tsukasa Akimoto, 48, a member of the lower house of the Diet, who was the Deputy Minister of the Cabinet Office in charge of IR and other matters, received a bribe of 3 million yen in cash from a Chinese company aiming to enter IR, and last February. Has been invited by a company to a family trip to Rusutsu-mura, Hokkaido, and has been suspected of bribery for having received a profit of approximately ¥ 700,000.
According to officials, Mr. Akimoto stayed at a resort hotel operated by a Sapporo-based tourist company, which was planning to attract an IR at Rusutsu Village during a family trip. We met with Mayor Tanehachi Tani and executives of the Hokkaido Government.
In order to attract the wealthy overseas from the staff of a tourism company, Akimoto needs to build an airfield with a 2000-meter-class runway for private jets and a tunnel connecting Sapporo and Rusutsu-mura. It was explained in detail about the local issues for IR invitation.
At that time, Representative Akimoto was also the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and after the meeting, introduced the department in charge of the airport maintenance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to the tourism company side. It seems that the actual situation is being elucidated.
According to lawyers, Akimoto has completely denied the charges.