THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 16, 2020 at 18:20 JST
A report on political funds by a support organization of Lower House member Tsukasa Akimoto shows two entries of 1.28 million yen ($11,640) as travel expenses in December 2017. (Wataru Netsu)
Lower House member Tsukasa Akimoto received expensive gifts from a Chinese company during a visit to China in 2017 that eventually led to his arrest on suspicion of receiving bribes, investigative sources said. [Read More]
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