Akimoto, a member of the House of Representatives, who has been accused of bribery over the business of an integrated resort facility and the acquisition of witnesses, once again pleaded not guilty to the court on the 20th. I want you to make the right decision based on that. "

All trials will be completed in 20 days and the decision will be handed down on September 7.

Tsukasa Akimoto, a 49-year-old member of the House of Representatives who was the deputy minister of the Cabinet Office in charge of IR, said he was guilty of bribery and testified to the bribery side that he had received a bribe worth about 7.6 million yen from Chinese companies. The prosecutor's office has been sentenced to five years in prison for buying witnesses for trying to bribe him.

At the trial on the 20th, Akimoto's lawyer reiterated his innocence, saying, "I have never met a Chinese company at the Members' Office Building and have not received 3 million yen. The prosecution made Akimoto a criminal." Insisted.



After this, Senator Akimoto stood on the testimony stand and said, "The prosecution has urged me to confess from the beginning of the interrogation, but there is no evidence that I received 3 million yen. The court is based on objective and clear evidence. I want you to make the right decision. "



Akihiro Toyoshima, a 42-year-old former policy secretary who has been charged with the case, also pleaded not guilty to the prosecution's two-year prison sentence.

The trial will be completed in 20 days and the decision will be handed down on September 7.