With Japan’s next general election just around the corner, the ruling bloc is becoming increasingly concerned about the fallout from a series of corruption scandals involving lawmakers who once belonged to the coalition.
On Tuesday, House of Representatives lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto, a former member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was handed a prison sentence without suspension for bribery linked to a government plan to introduce casino resorts in Japan.
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