Many who make their living in the political epicenter of Nagata-cho have expressed sympathy for a former treasurer of the Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction who was arrested Sunday for allegedly violating the political donation law.
Toshiyuki Takigawa, 55, is suspected of violating the Political Funds Control Law by not listing in the faction's political donations report a 100 million yen check allegedly received by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto from the Japan Dental Association.
Hashimoto stepped down as faction leader last month after the scandal broke.