Regarding offshore wind power generation, which the government is aiming to expand to achieve decarbonization, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Department voluntarily interviewed the president of the wind power company on a suspicion that the wind power company in Tokyo had provided a large amount of funds to the LDP's Diet members, according to interviews with people involved.
The Special Investigation Department seems to be clarifying the actual situation of the opaque flow of funds.
According to the people involved, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Department voluntarily asked about the situation was the president of Japan Wind Power Development, a wind power company headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, who is suspected of providing a large amount of funds to LDP legislators regarding offshore wind power generation, which the government is aiming to expand.
"Japan Wind Development" was aimed at entering offshore wind power projects that the government had been bidding for for three years.
According to the website, this company was established in 3 and is engaged in the development and sale of wind power generation, and has developed 1999 wind power plants in Japan and overseas, totaling more than 293 megawatts, and operates onshore wind power plants in 570 locations nationwide such as Hokkaido, Tohoku, Hokuriku, and Kyushu in Japan.
The Special Investigation Department is voluntarily interviewing the president of Japan Wind Power Development Co., Ltd., and is proceeding with clarifying the actual situation regarding the relationship with lawmakers and the opaque flow of funds.
In an interview with NHK, a person involved in wind power development commented, Japan We have never paid bribes to members of the Diet or other public officials, and there is some objective evidence that can prove this point."