Cash for cages? Japan probes alleged bribery from chicken industry
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo from Environment | The Guardian on (#5BQHX)
Investigation launched into alleged donation to close ally of Japanese PM after resistance to ending use of cramped cages for egg-laying hens
Japan's decision to resist international pressure to improve conditions for egg-laying chickens is under scrutiny after allegations of bribery involving a former agriculture minister.
Takamori Yoshikawa, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) who served as agriculture minister from October 2018 to September 2019, is alleged to have accepted 5m (36,000) in undeclared donations from a former representative of a leading egg producer in Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan.
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