Cabinet adviser Nishikawa resigns following shady boating trip

If he had only ridden on the back of the tractor like all the other kids, this scandal wouldn't have played out in the same way. Lesson learned I hope.

In July, the three also stayed at a luxury hotel paid for by Akita Foods, though the former company head had said that once the hotel sends the bill, his company would ask them to reimburse the cost.

Wait. The former head of Akita Foods claims that he hasn’t received a bill from a luxury hotel five months after he and the political pals he allegedly bribed stayed there? Certainly appears suspect.

[ Nishikawa served as farm minister from September 2014 to February 2015, a brief stint that ended after he resigned to take responsibility for a political funds scandal involving the local branch of the LDP that he headed.

He lost his seat in the House of Representatives in October 2017 and was named special adviser to the cabinet by Suga's predecessor, Shinzo Abe, the following month. Suga retained him upon taking office in September this year. ]

Anyone see a recurring pattern in the LDP?

Endless corruption, endlessly.

Resign ? OMG, that is the harshest punishment for corrupted officials.

an expansion of a government program that covers farmers' losses when egg prices fall sharply.

Get the government out of business, and eliminate such avenues for corruption.

There is too much government in places where it shouldn’t be, and not enough government in places where it should be.

Resign ? OMG, that is the harshest punishment for corrupted officials.

True. I can think of one other country that punishes corrupt officials more expeditiously--by appointing them leader for life.

the former head of Akita Foods' attempts to lobby for laxer international standards for animal welfare

More specifically, the guy wanted to avoid regulation on cruel battery cages.

With a new support package of 73 trillion i guess we will see a lot more of this in a while.

can’t we save time and just take a 10 % commission of that, pay it to the politicians, book it as such and spare everyone the time and effort to cover up ?

BTW, a stay in a luxury hotel in Japan can be over ¥120000 a night.

This is a text book example of the corruption that runs across the entire country day in day out NON STOP since the end of WWII & continues unabated.

This one has straight up bribes, amakudari, dango, the works.

This is ONE company, try to imagine what is going one as I type with the other 10s if not 100s of thousands of companies doing the exact SAME thing right now TODAY & of course tomorrow & the next & the next & the next

Corruption is Japans national sport!

Surely, it is better to have a boat trip where the sun shines, not where it is shady?

I wonder what happens more in Japan, bribery, sexual assault or nepotism?

What is your basic problem? If all those cases wouldn’t happen, then the hotels and other luxury companies get into trouble, fire their staff and you again had to spend the same money or even more for supporting them , or they rob you at the corner or a convenience store and so on. Whatever you complain or try to change for better has negative side effects of the same amounts on the other side. Nothing against your intentions, but it’s useless when summed up in a closed system like our planet is, right from the beginning it destined to fail.

BTW, a stay in a luxury hotel in Japan can be over ¥120000 a night.

Chickenfeed!

Tokyo prosecutors are believed to be investigating the former head of Akita Foods' attempts to lobby for laxer international standards for animal welfare and an expansion of a government program that covers farmers' losses when egg prices fall sharply.

LDP Value Chain®

Shocking standards at one end, free money at the other. Does the egg carton have おいしい*！writ large?

(*Producer only. Doesn't apply to product)