TOKYO: A Japanese minister who was the country’s top negotiator for a huge trans-Pacific trade deal was accused of corruption, piling pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead of parliamentary elections this year.
Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun claimed yesterday that Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari, who also serves as Japan’s chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and his staff accepted a US$102,000 (RM525,400) “bribe” from a construction firm.
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