Tokyo prosecutors served a fresh arrest warrant Wednesday on a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker suspected of buying votes with money from a scandal-tainted dentists' association before November's House of Representatives election.
Yukihiro Yoshida, 43, who lost his Diet seat in the election, and Hirotake Uchida, 63, former director of the Japan Dental Association, were served fresh arrest warrants on charges of violating the Public Offices Election Law.
The prosecutors also arrested Yasushi Miwa, 60, head of the Aichi prefectural dentist association, on the same charges, and arrested three Aichi Prefectural Assembly members and two Nagoya Municipal Assembly members on suspicion of accepting the money.