School construction Convenience in return for home construction Free of charge Ward staff arrested for bribery November 22, 16:51

An employee of Tokyo Adachi Ward was arrested on suspicion of bribery for having made home renovation work for approximately 900,000 yen free of charge in return for repairing the gymnasium of the municipal junior high school. In the future, the Metropolitan Police Department will search the ward office and investigate the details.

Arrested were suspected of bribery, the director of the School Facilities Division of the Adachi-ku Board of Education in Tokyo, Sugihiro Harada (34), suspected of bribery, the Adachi-ku construction company "Ichishin Construction" I am managing director Koichi Yamazaki (57).

According to a survey by the Metropolitan Police Department, in March last year, Mr. Harada renovated his home for about 900,000 yen in exchange for selecting “Ichishin Construction” as a contractor for repairing the floor of the gymnasium of the municipal junior high school in Adachi City. There is a suspicion of bribery as the construction was done free of charge.

Mr. Yamazaki is suspected of bribery.

In the future, the Metropolitan Police Department will search for the ward office to investigate the details of the relationship between Harada and Yamazaki.