Yasuo Yamashita, a former member of the House of Councilors who is a permanent adviser to the Constitutional Democratic Party Gifu Prefectural Federation, was arrested by the police on suspicion of fraud, alleging that he impersonated an incumbent member of parliament and deceived a limited express ticket for a green car on the Shinkansen.
The person arrested was Yasuo Yamashita (79), a former member of the House of Councilors and a corporate officer in Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture.
According to the police, on the 27th of last month, former Senator Yamashita presented the station staff with a pass that was issued while he was in office at JR Tokyo Station so that he could board the JR for free, and then in the application form, the name of the incumbent member of the Diet, etc. There are suspicions of fraud, such as deceiving two limited express tickets for the Tokaido Shinkansen green car between Tokyo Station and Nagoya Station.
Former Representative Yamashita applied for a round-trip limited express ticket, but the station staff mistakenly issued two one-way limited express tickets, so JR Central contacted the office of the Diet member stated in the application form to apologize. It means that the damage was found.
On the afternoon of the 8th, when the police were on alert at the platform of Nagoya Station where the designated Shinkansen departed, former Senator Yamashita appeared, and he admitted that he was "no doubt" in the police investigation. That is.
Former Representative Yamashita served as a member of the House of Representatives for four terms from 1983, and in 1998, he ran for the Democratic Party of Japan in the Gifu constituency for the Upper House election and served for two terms. He was defeated and is currently a permanent advisor to the Gifu Prefectural Federation of the Constitutional Democratic Party.