Tokyo prosecutors on Thursday arrested a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party and served fresh warrants on two former executives of the Japan Dental Association for allegedly embezzling 30 million yen from the industry group.
Prosecutors said Yukihiro Yoshida, 42, and the two executives embezzled the money in 2002 by passing it off as a donation to Yoshida from the dental association's political group.
Yoshida, who is also a former dentist, failed to be re-elected in November's House of Representatives election. He was arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office, which served new warrants on Sadao Usuda, 73, a former chairman of the association, and Hirotake Uchida, 63, its former director.