bribery case with 500.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAkimoto is accused of having received more than 13,000 dollars\u2019 worth of bribes and travel expenses from online casino operator 500.com including flying by private jet to Macau in December 2017 when he visited a casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accusations come on top of a previously alleged 18,000 dollars he received for giving a lecture at a symposium hosted by the firm in Okinawa in September of that year, paid to him via a consultancy company established in Tokyo by the former Policy Secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to lawyers, Akimoto has denied all charges and believes this payment was accounted for by his secretary.
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