3 ministers receive donations from founder of scandal-hit contractor

Saturday 16th August, 02:38 AM JST

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wanderlust at 01:20 PM JST - 16th August

50,000 Yen only! Hardly anything at all. Would not pay for more than a couple of hours of drinks at a Ginza bar.
desmosedici at 04:28 PM JST - 16th August

To me that would be an insult. Proves that these "politicians" even grab loose change.
LIBERTAS at 03:06 PM JST - 17th August

In the book of Leviticus, God gave Moses 10 commandments. When they arrived in Japan, the locals thought ten were too "mendo-kusai", so they set the masters of corner cutting, the Japan Nuclear Safety Agency, the task of cutting the number down to two. (Drum roll!) And so we have the Two Commandments for Japanese, kinda from God through Moses, and for use in case by case situations only.

(1) Thou shalt do anything you wish. (2) Thou shalt not get caught.

Obviously, the last in a long string of prominent corrupt politicians, Justice Minister Okiharu Yasuoka, Kaoru Yosano, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, and Seiko Noda, Minister of State for Science and Technology, Food Safety, Consumer Affairs and Space Policy, have not read their Bibles for Japanese lately! Amen!
seimei at 12:37 PM JST - 18th August

The finance and justice ministries are just a joke. Why don't we just legalize corruption and be done with it. Nothing happens when someone gets caught so why bother with a "coverup", just legalise it. That way we can save some money on the mock investigation.
LIBERTAS at 03:49 PM JST - 18th August

"Why don't we just legalize corruption and be done with it." It is already legalized for certain strata of Japanese society, as long as they don't break the 2nd Commandment, and get caught. That's how the whole country runs, pretty much!