下地氏、１００万円受領認める　中国企業側から―ＩＲ汚職

　カジノを含む統合型リゾート（ＩＲ）事業をめぐる汚職事件で、元郵政民営化担当相で日本維新の会の下地幹郎衆院議員（５８）＝比例九州＝が６日、那覇市で記者会見し、事務所職員が２０１７年の衆院選期間中に、贈賄側とされる中国企業側から現金１００万円を受領したことを明らかにした。

　下地氏は「事件に関係する人物から選挙資金の提供を受けたことを深く反省している。本当に申し訳ない」と謝罪。議員辞職について問われると、「あす（７日）、後援会に状況を説明して、判断に従いながら決めていきたい」と述べた。７日に離党届を提出する。（2020/01/06-19:58）

Japanese lawmaker Mikio Shimoji on Monday admitted receiving one million yen in cash from a Chinese company at the center of a bribery scandal linked to casino resorts.
   Shimoji, a 58-year-old member of the House of Representatives and former minister for postal privatization, made that public in a press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan.
   "I deeply regret receiving election funds from someone involved in the (bribery) incident. I'm truly sorry," said Shimoji, a member of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party).
   Shimoji said his election office staff in Naha received a bag containing one million yen in cash from Masahiko Konno, 48, a former adviser to the Chinese company, 500.com, during the Lower House election campaign period in October 2017.
   The money, given as election funds, was not recorded in the lawmaker's political fund income and expenditure report.