THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 24, 2020 at 17:05 JST
Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, speaks at a news conference on Jan. 23. (Shingo Fukushima)
GENKAI, Saga Prefecture--The mayor here said Jan. 23 that he received--but returned--what he suspected was a bribe from a contractor tied to an individual known to have lavished gifts on nuclear power company executives. [Read More]
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