{"id":123018,"date":"2019-12-25T00:28:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T08:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=123018"},"modified":"2019-12-25T11:43:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T19:43:51","slug":"japanese-politician-casino-supporter-arrested-on-bribery-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/japanese-politician-casino-supporter-arrested-on-bribery-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Akimoto, Supporter of Japanese Casinos, Busted by Tokyo Public Prosecutor on Bribery Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
Less than a week after he was questioned by authorities over his ties to a Chinese gaming company, Tsukasa Akimoto, a member of Japan’s House of Representatives, was arrested today by the Tokyo Public Prosecutor’s office on suspicion of accepting illicit payoffs.<\/p>\n