Japan Ex-Minister Denies Receiving China Money in Casino Case

Takeshi Iwaya
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By Yuko Takeo

January 4, 2020 at 3:36 AM UTC

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Japan’s former defense minister Takeshi Iwaya denied receiving money from a Chinese company involved in a casino bribery scandal.

“I absolutely deny it,” Iwaya, a politician from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said in a televised press conference Saturday. “From the perspective of laws regulating political funds as well, it’s impossible that I received donations from a foreign firm.”