Two aides to House of Representatives member Takanori Sakai were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of failing to report some 120 million yen in political donations from a supporter over a period of several years.
According to investigative sources, the aides to Sakai, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected from the Saga No. 1 district, failed to report most of the donations from a major temporary staff agency.
In the six or seven years up until around 2001, the donations amounted to about 12 million yen a year.