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Six-year sentence sought for former lawmaker in wind power bribery case #JPN
Public prosecutors on Thursday sought a six-year prison sentence and a fine of about ¥42 million ($266,000) for former lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto, who is charged with accepting bribes from an offshore wind power company. The prosecution also requested a three-year sentence for Masayuki Tsukawaki, the 67-year-old former president of Japan Wind Development, for offering the bribes. Both Akimoto and Tsukawaki have pleaded not guilty. Akimoto, a 51-year-old former member of the House of Representatives, allegedly accepted bribes totaling about ¥72 . . .