Former Lower House lawmaker Yojiro Nakajima, currently standing trial for vote-buying, pleaded guilty Friday before the Tokyo District Court to falsifying statements on the use of political subsidies, taking bribes from Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. and defrauding the state of 10 million yen.
Nakajima, 39, is accused of submitting false accounting reports on a 12.6 million yen portion of 20 million yen in Liberal Democratic Party subsidies given to its Gunma chapter in 1996 and 1997.
He is also charged with taking 5 million yen in bribes from Fuji Heavy executives between January and August 1996, and submitting a false statement to the government to receive more political subsidies.