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BRIBERY

Japan Times
JAPAN
May 19, 2016
Tokyo Olympics bid chief says he knew 'nothing' of $2 million payment to Singaporean firm
The head of Tokyo's 2020 Olympics bid team on Thursday said he knew nothing about a multimillion-dollar payment made to a Singaporean firm linked to a disgraced athletics official despite being tasked with overseeing other consulting contracts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2016
France probing alleged €1.3 million Tokyo 2020 Games bid payment to disgraced IOC exec: Guardian
The newspaper report alleges a large payment was made by the games bid organization to an account linked to a disgraced former IOC member.
EDITORIALS
Apr 21, 2016
Time for Amari to talk
Former economy minister Akira Amari should follow through on his pledge to account for the millions of yen that he and his aides received from a construction company.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 20, 2016
Japan's economic minister hit with bribery allegations, vows response
Akira Amari swears to answer accusations of a money scandal leveled against him by a weekly tabloid after conducting an investigation.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 22, 2015
JFA says search finds no record of World Cup payment
Japan found no record of any payment made to the South American confederation (CONMEBOL) during its bid for the 2002 World Cup hosting rights as alleged by a recent report from Spain, Japan Football Association president Kuniya Daini said Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 21, 2015
JFA chief Daini denies Japan paid for 2002 World Cup vote
Japan Football Association chief Kuniya Daini has denied a report that claims Japan paid the South American federation (CONMEBOL) $1.5 million after it secured the rights to co-host the 2002 World Cup with South Korea.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2015
Nation's youngest mayor acquitted of bribery in Gifu
The nation's youngest mayor has been acquitted of bribery amid doubts about his accuser's claims.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2014
Consultants plead guilty to bribing Asian officials over ODA
The former president of a Tokyo-based consulting firm and two others connected with the company pleaded guilty on Wednesday to bribing officials in Vietnam, Indonesia and Uzbekistan to gain favor for Japanese-funded railway projects in those countries.
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WORLD
Jul 1, 2014
Coulson faces retrial on News Corp. bribery charges
Andy Coulson, who will be sentenced this week over phone hacking, will be retried on bribery charges after a London jury failed to reach verdicts following an eight- month trial into wrongdoing at News Corp. tabloids.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2014
Japan suspends aid to Vietnam over bribery case
Japan told the Vietnamese government Monday it would suspend official development assistance over bribery allegations surrounding a Japan-funded Hanoi urban railway project, the embassy in Hanoi said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 5, 2013
NTT East official held over bribery
Prosecutors arrested an official of NTT East Corp. on Thursday for allegedly taking ¥17 million in bribes from an on-demand video service company in return for business orders, the prosecutors said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2013
Auto exec fined ¥500,000 over bribes
The Nagoya Summary Court fined a former executive of Futaba Industrial Co., a car parts affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp., ¥500,000 for allegedly bribing an official in China to ignore an irregularity at a subsidiary's factory in Guangdong Province.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2013
Bo Xilai's bribery trial begins with China courts in spotlight
The trial of former Politburo member Bo Xilai over bribery and embezzlement begings, with China's judiciary as much in the spotlight as the man at the center of the country's most politically charged case in 30 years.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 7, 2013
Fukuoka police rocked by another bribery scandal
Police said Wednesday they have arrested a veteran member of the Fukuoka Prefecture Police for allegedly taking money in return for leaking personal information and a former president of a credit research company for providing bribes for the information.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2013
Decision to drop bribery case shocks police
A recent decision by the special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office not to indict a local government employee for bribery, citing doubts over the credibility of his confession, has stunned police.

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