Online dictionary of politics and media in Japan: Lockheed scandal

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Lockheed scandal

ロッキード事件
alternative words: Lockheed affairs, Lockheed fraud, Lockheed bribery, Lockheed bribery scandal, Lockheed jiken
keywords: event
related topics: Tanaka Kakuei
related web sites: http://cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~tamura/rokkido.htm
explanation: In 1976, during a hearing at foreign affairs committee in USA senate, it was discovered that Lockheed would pay huge bribes to Japanese prime minister, Tanaka Kakuei and transport minister, Hashimoto Tomisaburo in order to sell their civil airplanes, Tristar to "Zen nihon kuyu" (ANA) through Marubeni corporation. Beginning from 1977, the tribunal declared guilty Tanaka Kakuei for bribery in 1983 and confirmed it in appeal but the case was dropped due to his death in 1993.