Former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Takamori Yoshikawa will be charged with bribery for receiving a bribe of 5 million yen from a former representative of a major egg production company in Hiroshima Prefecture on the 3rd of next month. It will be opened in.
Takamori Yoshikawa (70), a former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, has been working as a minister's office since 2018, when he was a former representative of Akita Foods, a major chicken egg production company in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. He has been accused of bribery for receiving a bribe of 5 million yen in cash three times.
It has been decided that the first trial of this case will be held at the Tokyo District Court from 1:30 pm on the 3rd of next month.
According to the people concerned, former Minister Yoshikawa admitted to receiving 5 million yen in cash, but explained that he thought it was a fund to support the minister's inauguration and political activities, and it was a bribe. It means that it denies the recognition.
Meanwhile, former Akita representative, who has been charged with bribery and other crimes, admits that he was indicted at the first trial last month.