Note on "Cash on Multiple Members of Parliament" Former Advisor of Chinese Company IR Corruption January 1, 17:55

Three years ago, in the lower house election, a former adviser of a bribery Chinese company allegedly gave a bribe to Akimoto in a corruption case in which a member of the lower house of Representative Akimoto was arrested over the business of an IR and integrated resort facility. Interviews with stakeholders revealed that there was a note left to show that other members of the Diet were giving cash. It seems that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office is carefully examining the flow of funds, including whether cash has actually been delivered to other members of the Diet.

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, said in September 2017, three years ago, from a "500 dot com" side of a Chinese company aiming to enter IR. There is a suspicion of bribery, such as receiving a bribe of 3 million yen in a month.

According to people involved, former Chinese business advisers brought cash in excess of 10 million yen by air from overseas to Japan in late September, just before the lower house was dissolved three years ago, of which 3 million yen was Akimoto. It is believed that he was giving bribes to lawmakers.

At the same time, it was newly found that a former adviser of a Chinese company had left a memo indicating that he had given cash to several members of Parliament besides Representative Akimoto.

These memos were kept in electronic data, and there were also exchanges when a former director of a Chinese company in Japan told the headquarters that `` It is necessary to distribute money in the name of election funds '' etc. about it.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office of the Special Investigation seems to be carefully examining the flow of funds, including whether cash was actually passed to members of Parliament other than Akimoto.

According to lawyers, Akimoto has completely denied the charges.