Shizuka Kamei, policy chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Kazuo Torashima, newly appointed Defense Agency chief, are among the recipients of political donations from Wakachiku Construction Co., it was learned Friday.
Wakachiku allegedly bribed former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao to win favors in bidding for public works.
Publicly disclosed reports of donations accepted by lawmakers' fundraising bodies also show that former Construction Ministers Katsutsugu Sekiya and Takami Eto as well as former Transport Ministers Hiroshi Mitsuzuka, Toshihiro Nikai and Yoshiyuki Kamei have also received donations from Wakachiku.