Prosecutors served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday on lawmaker Muneo Suzuki on a second bribery charge.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office believes Suzuki, 54, received 6 million yen from Shimada Kensetsu, a construction firm based in Abashiri, Hokkaido, on four occasions between September 1997 and July 1998 while he headed the former Hokkaido Development Agency.
Prosecutors also served a new warrant the same day on Suzuki's policy secretary, Jun Tada, 50, as an accomplice in the case.