Liberal Democratic Party Akimoto Visits Chinese Company Aiming to Enter IR After Deputy Minister

Liberal Democratic Representative Akimoto Visits Chinese Company Aiming to Enter IR After Becoming Deputy Minister Minister December 21, 18:21

In a case of foreign exchange law violations involving a Chinese company aiming to enter an IR / integrated resort facility, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Mr. Akimoto, a member of the House of Representatives, was deputy minister in charge of IR and other matters in December in Shenzhen, China. I visited the head office of this company and found that I had met with the top management in interviews with related parties. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Investigation Division is investigating the details of the relationship between Representative Akimoto and Chinese companies.

A Japanese man who was working as an advisor to a Chinese company that aimed to enter an IR / integrated resort facility including a casino in Japan was illegally brought in cash from abroad by a foreigner who violated the Foreign Exchange Law. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office of Special Investigation has been searching for the offices of the Liberal Democratic Party Representative Akimoto, a member of the House of Representatives, and is conducting an investigation.

Mr. Akimoto gave a keynote speech with the top management of a Chinese company at a symposium held in Naha in August, just before he assumed the post of Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in charge of IR and the Deputy Minister of the Cabinet Office. In December, she assumed the post of Deputy Minister, and in December she found out that she had visited the company's headquarters in Shenzhen, China and had met with the top management.

A Facebook photo of a stakeholder accompanying the visit contains photos taken by Commemorative Rep. Akimoto and top management of the company in the lobby of the headquarters.

According to the website, this company is engaged in sports betting and other businesses and has over 60 million users registered in 135 countries around the world, but according to stakeholders, at the time of this meeting, the top management is Akimoto In addition, he said, "If you create a casino in Japan and attract members of the sports betting business, it will be a great profit."

The Chinese company announced that it was considering investing in a tourist company operating a resort facility in Rusutsu-mura, Hokkaido in January of the following month, to attract IR. After that, Representative Akimoto also visited Rusutsu-mura. I met the mayor of Johachi and the executive responsible for IR at the Hokkaido Government.

The Special Investigation Department has been analyzing the materials seized during the search and is working to elucidate the actual situation of the relationship between Representative Akimoto and Chinese companies.

Mr. Akimoto told NHK on the evening of the 21st, "I visited Shenzhen in China where IT companies are concentrated as a political activity instead of the deputy minister's public affairs in December, and visited Chinese companies as part of it." After that, he said, "I am not involved in any fraud."