Former head of egg producer pleads guilty to bribing ex-farm minister

Of course, minimal fines & suspended sentences for this egghead and the rooster are now being hatched within the Ministry of Justice.

He actually bribed the minister.

Then you gotta punish the minister and fix the system not to let this happen again. Abusing farmers is not the way.

They did confront the Minister @bokuda 8:33am: “Prosecutors in Jan charged Yoshikawa [the minister] for taking the bribes.”

- @8:33 am: “Abusing farmers is not the way.’

He is not a ‘poor’egg-farmer. He’s a multi-million dollar business owner, industry chief and lobbyist

*They have not taken Akita or Yoshikawa into custody due to health concerns and as they believe they will not destroy evidence nor flee, according to investigative sources.” -*

Perhaps we shouldn’t feel much sympathy for Akita for his advanced age.

They’re telegraphing the future ‘escape from justice’ for the elderly two while ‘the smaller hens will be put up to roost’

Despicable and criminal. Any decisions he corruptly interfered with should be transparently revised.

Agreed @engliscaspyrgend 9:09am yet, any admission and revision of partiality or favored-decisions would leave more egg on the ministry’s face for much longer that they care to have.

- “Despicable and criminal. Any decisions he corruptly interfered with should be transparently revised.” -

There’ll be no revision of policies. Japan’s Diet, these ministries and their administrators always leave a door open so foxes can get in & out to the hen house.

Introducing international animal welfare standards???!!! This is Japan we're talking about.

They have not taken Akita or Yoshikawa into custody due to health concerns and as they believe they will not destroy evidence nor flee,

He might not be able to flee anywhere, but not for one second do I believe they are incapable of destroying evidence. This is Japan we're talking about.

If we can get beyond the poultry jokes, the bigger picture here is that Japanese consumers are subject to the whims of corporations protected by the respective ministries, media (to preserve ad revenues) draconian libel laws, and laws against interfering with business, should they wish to take action themselves.

And let's not forget that lifestyle choices (eating stressed out animals squashed together in cages and fed corn and soy that their bodies aren't designed to digest) serve the medical industry and Big Pharma, too.

Enjoy your FamiChiki.

Punish them in the most egg-cellent way! That'll put an end to all this egg-citement!

A former head of a major Japanese egg producer 

Wouldn't that make him the eggs-ecutive?

So no real punishment for anybody involved? that surely is giving the wrong message here.

The two of them, their ministries and companies need to be going through with a fine tooth comb , bet it wasnt the first bribe or dirty deal these two scumbags have done accepted or offered, just the first one they been caught for...........................look harder and deeper there is lots more to uncover you can bet on it.

Bribery and coercion with a gov minister, well there is a new thing, shock horror!

@sirbently you need to punished for such poor jokes!

Is Mrs Edwina curry involved with this egg scandal?

Hardboiled criminals both.

Traditionally, it was farmers’ wives who were allowed to keep the ‘egg money’.

What were they thinking? Despite Yoshikawa’s pending government pension, this bribe money would make a nice, additional nest egg for his eventual retirement?

Really @mickelicious 10:26am? Did you think it would end there?

5 million in bribes is not ‘a capital crime’ yet, neither is it a poultry sum.

Understood @BrianWheway 3:20pm this is no surprise for Japan. However, white collar crimes & government abuses can no longer be tolerated!

Despite their ages, these 2 need to face some serious time ‘in the pen’ to truly atone for their sins and set an eggxample for society!

Eggregious.

Eggreed @Laguna 5:50pm.

“Eggregious.” -

Wow this guy was super corrupt reading this article

@sirbently you need to punished for such poor jokes!

Never!

Egg-celsior!