Japan Casino News: Supreme Court Upholds Sentence for Ex-Lawmaker Who Took IR Bribes

Tsukasa Akimoto testifies in his defense of bribery charges in 2019. Akimoto’s four-year prison sentence was upheld this week by the Japan Supreme Court. Akimoto was found to have accepted bribes from a company that at the time was seeking to build a casino resort in Japan. (Image: Asahi Shimbun)