Representative Akimoto: Did you receive about 3000 million yen in funding when you applied for horse owner registration?

In the case in which Representative Masari Akimoto allegedly received approximately 3000 million yen from the wind power generation company regarding offshore wind power generation, interviews with related parties revealed that when Representative Akimoto applied for registration as a horse owner of the Central Horse Racing four years ago, he temporarily received about 4 million yen in funding from the president of the wind power company.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Department is believed to be investigating the purpose of the series of funds.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Division is searching Akimoto's office and other facilities on suspicion of bribery in a case in which Representative Masatoshi Akimoto (48) allegedly received approximately 64 million yen from Masayuki Tsukawaki (3000), president of Japan Wind Power Development, a wind power company in Tokyo, over offshore wind power generation, which the government is aiming to expand the introduction of.

Four years ago, in July 4, Akimoto was registered as an individual horse owner with the JRA=Japan Racing Association, but when he applied for registration, he temporarily received a fund of about 2019 million yen from President Tsukawaki, according to interviews with related parties.

According to the JRA, in order to register as an individual horse owner of Chuo Horse Racing, you must have at least 7 million yen in assets such as deposits and savings held continuously.

It seems that the Special Investigation Department is investigating the purpose of the series of fundings, including this 3000 million yen.

President Tsukawaki's lawyer argues that the funds provided at that time were later repaid in full, that it was a temporary loan that was certain to be repaid, and that he received an honorarium from Senator Akimoto about twice the amount of interest he would have earned when borrowing at a financial institution, so it did not constitute a bribe.

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What is alleged funding?

In total, the amount has increased to about 6000 million yen, * Opaque funding from President Tsukawaki to Senator Akimoto.

Approximately 3000 million funding for horse owner registration

According to the people involved, first of all, there was a funding of about 2019 million yen for the registration of horse owners of the Central Horse Racing in July 7.

The deadline for registration screening is March of this year.

It seems that the funds were necessary to clear the registration requirement of 3000 million yen or more for assets such as deposits and savings held continuously, and it was fully repaid in about half a year.

Regarding this, President Tsukawaki's lawyer said, "At that time, in order to diversify the risk, the president cooperated with the horse owner examination if there was someone who would become a co-owner of the horse. and so on.

Approximately 1000 million yen handed over at the office of the Assembly Hall

A little more than two years later, in the fall of Ototoshi, Representative Akimoto and President Tsukawaki are said to have established the Horse Owners Association.

On October 2 last year, approximately 10 million yen in cash was handed over at Representative Akimoto's office in the First Assembly Building of the House of Representatives, and it is known that most of it was used to pay for the three horses that Representative Akimoto purchased within a few days and to pay for breeding horses.

Japan wind power development aimed to enter two offshore wind power projects off the coast of Akita Prefecture, which the government had bid for three years ago as the first round, but failed to win the bid, and upon learning of the results, Akimoto repeatedly called for a review of the evaluation criteria for bidding in a Diet question in February last year. The review was realized the day before the 28 million yen was handed over.

Regarding this, President Tsukawaki's lawyer said, "The 1000 million yen was used to buy a horse with the pedigree that President Tsukawaki wanted in the name of the horse owners' association established by the two people, so it was not provided to Representative Akimoto personally. Since I could not immediately transfer money to my bank account and the deadline for payment of the horse that was auctioned off was approaching, I just gave it in cash on the 3th, and I knew that the review of the evaluation criteria of the tender would not be advantageous to the company just before the announcement, so the cash and the evaluation standard review are not related and are not a reward to Representative Akimoto."

In addition, about 2000 million yen will be funded.

In addition, it has been revealed that approximately 6 million yen had been provided by June.

* President Tsukawaki sent money to the account of the horse owners' association established by the two people and the accounts of the ranches of business partners, and used it for the purchase price of horses, feeding fees, and stalls.

President Tsukawaki's lawyer argues that "operating expenses incurred in order to fulfill the obligation under the Civil Code to bear all debts as a member of a voluntary association called the horse owners' association, so it does not constitute a bribe."