Former Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa was sentenced Thursday to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for receiving bribes from an egg production company while in office. The Tokyo District Court ruled that Yoshikawa received a total of 5 million yen from the then head…
A former farm minister received a suspended prison sentence on May 26 after being found guilty of accepting 5 million yen ($39,200) in bribes from an agriculture industry official.
A former representative of a major Japanese egg producer is sentenced to 20 months in prison, suspended for four years, for bribing a former farm minister to seek favors for egg farmers.
The Tokyo District Court on Oct. 6 convicted a former top executive of Akita Foods Co. of bribery and gave him a suspended sentence in a scandal that has embroiled a former agriculture minister.
A former representative of a major Japanese egg producer was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in prison, suspended for four years, for bribing a former farm minister to seek favors for egg farmers. The Tokyo District Court found Yoshiki Akita, the former head of Akita Foods Co in Hiroshima Prefecture,…