Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto is under fire for allegedly accepting bribes from a wind power company, prompting Tokyo prosecutors on Friday to search his offices and leading him to resign as parliamentary vice foreign minister.The prosecutors suspect questions raised by Akimoto during Diet questioning in connection to a bid on an offshore wind power project involving Tokyo-based Japan Wind Development Co. may be linked to the tens of millions of yen he allegedly received as bribes.Akimoto's resignation from the governmental post may deal another blow to Prime Minister …READ FULL ARTICLE
