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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2020
Japan lawmaker implicated in casino graft case faces fresh charge
In the latest arrest, Tsukasa Akimoto is suspected of asking acquaintances to offer money to a former advisor to Chinese gambling operator 500.com Ltd.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2020
Arrested lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto's fingerprints found on bills offered as bribes
Akimoto is suspected of asking a former adviser to Chinese company 500.com to give false testimony in court in return for u00a530 million.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 14, 2020
Lawmaker received ¥1 million in casino bribery scandal
A Japanese ruling party lawmaker has admitted to receiving ¥1 million ($9,300) from a Chinese gambling operator interested in joining Japan's nascent casino market, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 15, 2020
Lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto claims innocence in casino bribery cases
Tsukasa Akimoto, the lawmaker charged with bribery, asserts his innocence and says he did not take any bribes from a Chinese company interested in Japan's casino market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2020
Japanese lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto, indicted for casino bribery, released on bail
Japanese lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto, who was indicted on charges of taking bribes from a Chinese company interested in entering Japan's nascent casino market, was released Wednesday after paying ¥30 million in bail.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2020
Bail OK'd for Lower House lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto as Japan casino scandal brews; prosecutors appeal
The scandal-tainted lawmaker will be free to carry out his public duties in the Diet as long as he sticks to his bail terms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 3, 2020
Japan lawmaker at center of casino bribery probe indicted on new charge
A lawmaker at the heart of a bribery scandal involving a Chinese gambling operator seeking to enter Japan's forthcoming casino market was indicted Monday on a fresh bribery charge.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2020
Japanese lawmaker held in casino bribery scandal allegedly demanded luxury goods from Chinese firm
Investigators are believed to be speeding up their probe ahead of the Monday deadline for the detention of Lower House member Tsukasa Akimoto.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 14, 2020
Japanese lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto indicted and faces fresh bribe allegation in case linked to Chinese casino firm
The lawmaker who spearheaded the country's casino resort policy was indicted Tuesday on a bribery charge and served with a fresh arrest warrant for allegedly receiving more money from a Chinese gambling operator than what was already suspected.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2020
Scandal-hit lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto to be slapped with fresh warrant over Chinese bribes
Sources say a fresh arrest warrant will be served to lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto on suspicion he received bribes from a Chinese company beyond those detailed in his first warrant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2020
Nippon Ishin expels lawmaker who took cash from Chinese firm
Mikio Shimoji submitted a letter of resignation but Nippon Ishin refused to accept it and opted to oust him instead.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2020
Nippon Ishin lawmaker Mikio Shimoji admits taking money in casino scandal
The Lower House member says he may resign from his political party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 4, 2020
Former defense chief Takeshi Iwaya dismisses claim he was bribed by Chinese casino hopeful
Former Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya denies receiving about u00a51 million in cash from a Chinese gambling operator involved in a suspected casino-bribery case.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 3, 2020
Dubious use of funds suspected at entertainment firm linked to arrested Japanese lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto
A Tokyo entertainment firm linked to Lower House lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto, who was arrested last month for allegedly taking bribes from a Chinese gambling company, is suspected of dubious use of funds, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2019
Chinese exec in Japan casino scandal asked his head office for bribe money, sources say
A Chinese company executive who allegedly bribed lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto over a plan to open a casino resort in Japan had told his head office in Shenzhen, China, that he would "need funds for bribery," sources close to the matter said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 29, 2019
Office of arrested lawmaker Akimoto may have used consultancy cash to pay staff
Private political office of arrested lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto may have diverted consultancy money to pay the salaries of private secretaries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2019
Arrested lawmaker Akimoto's 2018 Hokkaido trip linked to Sapporo firm planning casino resort
A family trip to Hokkaido made in 2018 by ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto, who was arrested Wednesday over bribery allegations, was apparently prompted by a request from a Sapporo tourism company that planned to launch a project to build a casino resort there, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2019
Office of Tokyo pachinko operator searched over casino bribery scandal
Prosecutors searched the office of a pachinko chain operator in Tokyo on Thursday in connection with a bribery scandal involving a plan for a casino resort.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 26, 2019
Casino bribery arrest is blow for Abe's post-Tokyo Olympics growth strategy
House of Representatives lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto was apprehended on suspicion of receiving u00a53.7 million in bribes from Chinese gambling operator 500.com Ltd.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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