A former lawmaker of Komeito, the junior party in Japan's ruling coalition, and three others have been indicted for illegally mediating public loans to companies, including some hit by the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors said. Kiyohiko Toyama, who stepped down as a Komeito lawmaker in February, and Akira Shibuya, who used…
A former lawmaker with junior coalition partner, Komeito, and an aide to a different former lawmaker of the same party, along with two other people, were indicted on Dec. 28 on charges of illegally arranging government-backed loans.
A group affiliated with a trucking association in Hiroshima Prefecture distributed cash to members who attended a campaign meeting of transport minister Tetsuo Saito ahead of the Oct. 31 Lower House election.