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IAG FEB 2020年2月 亞博匯 47 It has been reported that Okinawa and Hokkaido were the areas that 500.com had its eye on for potential IR development. 據報道，500.com有意在沖繩及北海道推動 潛在的IR發展。 日本 were members of the non-partisan IR caucus that Akimoto belonged to, and all but Iwaya have footholds in either Okinawa or Hokkaido. It has been reported that Okinawa and Hokkaido were the areas that 500.com had its eye on for potential IR development and from which they subsequently approached legislators who were actively promoting IRs. In December of the same year, three legislators, including Akimoto, visited Shenzhen, China, where 500. com’s headquarters is located. These travel expenses were also covered by the company. In January 2018, Kamori Kanko’s Rusutsu Resort announced plans for an IR bid at Rusutsu Village, Hokkaido, in which 500.com had invested. In February, Akimoto and his family visited Rusutsu Village, for which the JPY 760,000 in expenses is thought to have been covered by 500.com. Kamori Kanko has also been accused of covering some of the travel expenses for this trip and defendant Kimihito Kamori, chairman of Kamori Kanko, 日 本IR行業在聖誕節當日遭受一大重擊，因東京地 檢特搜部以涉嫌受賄罪名拘捕了日本衆院議員 秋元司，他是近十年來首位被捕的現任衆院議 員。 秋元司的罪名為涉嫌收受中國線上娛樂公司500. com前顧問紺野昌彥的利益，包括金錢及禮物，該中企有意打入 日本IR市場。 這樁醜聞可追溯至數年前，於2016年12月，由秋元司主領的 日本眾議院內閣委員會通過了IR推進法案，並正式向國會提出法 案。1999年，時任東京都知事石原慎太郎曾提出在東京台場發展 賭場，在約二十年後，相關的IR法案才正式通過，也標誌著當地IR 行業發展向前踏出一步。2017年8月3日，秋元司獲任命為日本內 閣府副大臣負責IR事務。翌日，500.com在那霸市舉行了一場IR研 討會，而秋元司獲得了200萬日圓作為研討會的演講費。 同年9月28日，日本眾議院解散，秋元司勝出10月的眾議院大 選後，再度連任為衆院議員。在這段時期，他獲500.com以「陣中見 舞い」（這日語詞彙指因他人工作勤奮而贈送禮物以示支持）之名 送贈300萬日圓（約2.7萬美元）。除了秋元司，500.com亦分別給予 另外五位人士100萬日圓（約9000美元），包括下地幹郎（維新會/ 比例九州）、宮崎政久（自民黨/比例九州）、岩屋毅（自民黨/大分3