Tsukasa Akimoto

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.

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. Tsukasa Akimoto, 48, has been indicted for allegedly receiving a total of ¥7.6 ...

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.

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. Tsukasa Akimoto, 48, is alleged to have received ¥2 million ($18,450) from the Chinese firm, 500.com ...

Investigators are believed to be speeding up their probe ahead of the Monday deadline for the detention of Lower House member Tsukasa Akimoto.

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Edano used parliamentary debates to go after Prime Minister Abe on allegations of cronyism over an annual taxpayer-funded cherry blossom viewing party.

Former Cabinet ministers and lawmakers involved in gift and money scandals apologized again Monday as they returned to the Diet for its ordinary session, but offered no new details despite mounting calls for them to explain themselves. "I feel deeply sorry for harming public trust ...

Opposition parties are set to grill the government over the controversial handling of public documents pertaining to a state-funded cherry blossom-viewing party as well.

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. Tsukasa Akimoto, a former member of Prime ...

Prosecutors are expected to serve a fresh arrest warrant Tuesday on lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto, following his arrest late last month for allegedly receiving ¥3.7 million in bribes from a Chinese company over a casino project, sources said Monday. The special investigation team of the Tokyo ...