LDP Lawmaker Arrested on China Casino Bribery Charge

Former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei (center) taken to the Tokyo Detention Center on July 27, 1976, following his arrest in the Lockheed scandal. (© Jiji)

An official from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office carries a box containing confiscated items from the office of House of Representatives member Akimoto Tsukasa in Kōtō, Tokyo, on December 19, 2019. (© Jiji)