Representative Akimoto of the House of Representatives interviewed 21:18 on February 14 for details of the claim
IR = A bailed member of the House of Representatives, Akimoto, was charged with corruption over integrated resort facilities and held a press conference on the 14th. This is the main content that was claimed at the conference.
No adhesions or bribes
I have been focusing on the promotion of a tourism nation as part of my political activities. Among them, he has been focusing on creating a new time zone called the nighttime economy, and he has also been assigned the responsibility of Deputy Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and has been working to promote tourism administration.
It is also true that he has been in charge of IR from the position of Deputy Minister of the Cabinet Office, in which he has visited the sites of IR facilities and resort facilities in Japan and overseas. However, I do not deny that I work for any particular business, and this time I received accusations of adhesions or bribes against businesses that are allegedly bribery. There is no.
Therefore, I dismiss all indictments in the trial and assert innocence.
Lecture fee in Naha City "Not a bribe"
[Indictment 1: About 2 million yen transferred to an account of a former policy secretary's affiliate company as a lecture fee for a symposium in Naha City on September 1, 2017]
In August of that year, he participated in a symposium in Okinawa, where he gave so-called panelists and keynote speakers. I have no problem with paying affiliates, and of course I have never considered it a bribe.
"I don't receive cash at the House of Representatives"
[Indictment content 2: About 3 million yen of cash allegedly received from the bribery party at the office of the House of Representatives on September 28, 2017]
This was the day the lower house was dissolved, and I remember it was a busy day of moving around in the morning and returning home in the evening. For this reason, there is no memory of meeting the bribery in the House of Representatives. And there is absolutely no cash from the bribery, the fact that they have received it. At that time, I would clearly like to say that there was no situation in which I had to get 3 million yen in back money.
Travel expenses "I instructed my secretary to pay"
[Indictment 3: Travel expenses when visiting Macau and Rusutsu-mura, Hokkaido]
Yes, he did, but he instructed him to pay his secretary at the time. In my sense, I have no idea that it was still a business trip. Hokkaido was half-private for a family trip with children. Since I grew up in a tropical country and never saw a snow resort with my eyes, as a politician I went to the site with all my might, so I felt like learning what to see and learn. If you haven't paid, you want to pay as soon as possible.
High-end brand products "No perception of bribes"
[Indictment 4: Casino chip charges and luxury brand goods allegedly received from the bribery when traveling to Macau]
No tip has been provided. I thought I would buy a branded product because I could buy it for myself, but in a sense, the other side was forced to pay. I thought it would make the atmosphere of the place worse, and it ended up like that. When they came to Japan, they wanted to eat and have a present. The important thing is that they don't recognize bribes.
Future political activities
This time, he was finally released from detention for nearly 50 days, but it is honest that he is quite physically demanding. First of all, I would like to focus on improving my physical condition and return to the Diet as soon as possible, somehow in March, to resume my activities.
Following the arrest, I left the Liberal Democratic Party with the inconvenience of disturbing the Liberal Democratic Party. . Although it may be a matter of trial, I would like to consider running for the next lower house election.
About witness summons
As I am the accused, I will concentrate on criminal trials for the time being.