Police arrested a 37-year-old former employee of Japan Post on Wednesday over aggravated bribery in connection with a contract for collection services.
Nobuyuki Yoneda, who worked at a branch office of the company in Tokyo’s Koto Ward, allegedly received cash and other benefits from a contractor in exchange for facilitating a consignment contract to collect letters and other items from mailboxes.
The second investigation division of Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department also arrested two individuals, including Koichi Nishimura, 56, representative of Haruki Express, a transportation company in the capital’s Itabashi Ward, for allegedly giving bribes.