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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Ex-lawmaker Akimoto gets 4-year jail term over casino graft
By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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snowymountainhell
Rats will begin eating each other on a derelict ship when food runs out.
Godan
Interesting how LDP is omitted from the title.
Yubaru
Here's to the people here on JT who think that politicians here get off with a slap on the wrists!
Japanese dont take kindly to politicians who abuse campaign funds and get caught!
Yubaru
Not when you consider that he left the LDP, nothing "interesting" about it!
Mark
"Three other former ministers and a lawmaker from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have been found guilty in separate bribery and election fraud cases over the past few years."
Very common! Sad but it's very true, almost nothing gets done these days without paying someone in charge!
Mark
The good old Bribes, never seem to go out of fashion or style!!
Paul
Only 3 million!!! He is cheap!!! LOL
snowymountainhell
Yes, @Godan 7:22am, it is interesting that LDP is mentioned 3-4 times in body of the story but not in the headline:
Again, Basic Etiquette’: “Unruly guests, troublemakers and those caught ‘holding the bag’ are usually ‘asked to leave the party”.
snowymountainhell
Perhaps @P.Smith 7:51am the DAILY ‘reading comprehension and spell-check monitor’ overlooked some of the details?
Yes, “Interesting”, indeed. After all, we’re only human and prone to periodic mistakes.
Furthermore, the article doesn’t state what the disposition of the cash and bribes will be.
Addfwyn
I feel like that's the part that really got him in hot water, taking bribes is pretty much par for the profession here, but no court is going to appreciate tampering like this. Probably could have got off way lighter if he didn't have that added in.
Septim Dynasty
LDP rats love trashtalking China and dehumanizing the Chinese. Meanwhile, they love Chinese money a lot. Hypocrisy!
justasking
So are we going to pretend like Japanese politicians giving and taking bribes isn't the norm? As if. It's happening all the time.
These punishments do nothing. The ones giving them are also guilty of the same crime. It's stupid that people think this cleans up the government.
Kuya Jaysons
He'll have plenty of time to practice gambling.
Sal Affist
Wow. Really? An unsuspended sentence? Did they get the wrong judges assigned to the case?