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Mari Akimoto, a member of the House of Representatives, was requested by the previous president of a wind energy technology firm aiming to enter the enterprise to ask a query within the Diet that may give the corporate a bonus over offshore wind energy technology, which the federal government is aiming to increase. , The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office has arrested Representative Akimoto on suspicion of accepting bribes, accusing him of borrowing and funding of roughly 60 million yen in return.