Two Cabinet ministers admitted Friday that the Liberal Democratic Party chapters they respectively headed accepted a total of ¥2 million in donations in 2013 from a company that was scheduled to receive government subsides, giving more ammunition to opposition lawmakers feeding on the Abe administration's money scandals.
During a Lower House Budget Committee session, Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki admitted receiving ¥1.4 million, and Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa ¥600,000, from Shizuoka-based logistics firm Suzuyo & Co.
The two were both elected in Shizuoka Prefecture.
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