Japan ruling party lawmaker arrested on casino bribery suspicion: prosecutors 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy ReutersJapanese authorities arrested ruling party lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto on Wednesday on suspicion of accepting bribes from a company interested in setting up a casino in Japan, Tokyo prosecutors said. A senior vice minister in the Cabinet Office until October last year, Akimoto oversaw government policy on casinos. The three suspects were also arrested on suspicion of bribery, prosecutors said. “This shakes the foundation of the government’s integrated-resort policy,” Kazuhiro Haraguchi, parliamentary affairs chief for the opposition Democratic Party For the People, told Kyodo.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 25, 2019 10:07 UTC