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.
Tokyo District Court on Wednesday found Yoshiki Akita, former chief of an egg production firm, guilty of bribing former agriculture minister Takamori Yoshikawa.
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.
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