Ex-lawmaker Koyama denies wrongdoing in KSD scandal+

Ex-lawmaker Koyama denies wrongdoing in KSD scandal+

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Koyama (in file photo), a former lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), acknowledged in the first hearing of his trial June 27 that he received money from the mutual aid provider KSD but denied it was an influence-peddling bribe.

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