Japan lawmaker arrested in suspected clean energy bribery

A Japanese lower house lawmaker was arrested Thursday on suspicion of receiving massive bribes from a wind power company, prosecutors said, in a corruption case over the development of green energy the government has sought to promote.The arrest of Masatoshi Akimoto, who has left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party amid the allegations, is set to deal a blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet, for which the approval ratings have remained sluggish.Akimoto allegedly received 61 million yen ($410,000) in return for asking questions and making interventions in the Diet at the request of …READ FULL ARTICLE