IR Corruption Bribery from Overseas Cash Over 10 Million Yen Political Work or December 31, 17:53
IR: In a corruption case in which a member of the House of Representatives Akimoto was arrested over the business of an integrated resort facility, ex-advisers of a bribery Chinese company had over 10 million yen in cash from overseas in September before the lower house was dissolved. Was reportedly brought to the stakeholders on a suspicion that Mr. Akimoto was brought over by air as a bribe. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office of Investigation is suspecting that Chinese companies have suspected that they have brought in large sums of money for the purpose of politics in order to enter the IR.
Mr. Akimoto (48), a member of the lower house of the Diet, who was the deputy minister of the Cabinet Office in charge of IR, etc., sent a Chinese company "500 dot com" who was aiming to enter IR with a cash of 3 million yen in September. Suspicion of bribery is suspected as having received a bribe.
According to officials, the 3 million yen was passed on September 28 with the dismissal of the lower house, and it is believed that former Chinese business advisers handed to Mr. Akimoto the name of a visit during the election. The former advisors recently found that there was a suspicion that they had brought over 10 million yen by plane from overseas into the country in late September, and that 3 million yen was given as a bribe.
At that time, a former director of a Japanese corporation, a Chinese company arrested for alleged bribery, reported that the former director of the Chinese corporation, 37, told the headquarters that he needed to distribute money in the name of election funds. It was left in the data.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Special Investigation Division is expected to pursue the actual situation on the suspicion that Chinese companies have brought in large amounts of money for the purpose of political affairs work for IR entry.
According to officials and lawyers, all three of the bribery sides have admitted the charges, but Representative Akimoto has completely denied the charges.