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Septim Dynasty
I am sarcastically suggesting that Japanese politicians go to jail for a peanut amount of money, while American/Asian politicians walk unscathed with a much higher amount.
It is.
diagonalslip
LDP.... the Liberal Dentsu Party
Septim Dynasty
The amount of bribery is shockingly low, comparing to corrupt bureaucrats in Southeast Asia, China and even the US.
therougou
This is obviously not limited to the Olympics and is just business as usual for Japan.
Sanjinosebleed
Funny how these prosecutors seems to have forgotten about Mori...some people are obviously above the law ..
thaonephil
Wow, it is surprising to see how the participants of the corruption are being identified and charged now.
It would be better if this happened before the Olympic games, but late is much better than never.
Rodney
The only way to deal with corruption and bribery is to…legalize it!
HBJ
The Unification Church, Dentsu, and the LDP are all peas from the same pod. Japan inc. is rotten to the core.
Capuchin
Wow, the corruption is so ubiquitous and absolute that they nonchalantly name their sham front companies 'commons' and 'commons 2'. Guess you don't have to try very hard when you know you have Dentsu's protection and the government's support.
Cricky
Dentsu previously known as the Ministry of Propaganda ( 1945) has close ties (obviously) to the LDP. They are untouchable even when all the evidence (alleged) point at their involvement in numerous scams of tax payer money (allegedly). But that’s a no go area for prosecutors as the LDP will simply say to prosecutors and the courts…don’t. And the corruption can continue. A separation of law and government would bring the house down.
dagon
"It's a big club, and you ain't in it".
The club is oligarchic capitalism.
Companies like Dentsu are invulnerable.
Japan could be vulnerable to a strongman who would nationalize and expropriate such crony corporatism and punish the complicit bureaucrats.