Editorial

15:53 JST, May 30, 2025

Opaque funds were flowing from a firm related to an operating company for Haneda Airport terminal buildings to a company headed by a family member of an influential politician. Why was the cozy relationship not cut off? A thorough investigation is needed, including looking into transactions at other airports.

From 2006 to 2016, a wholly owned subsidiary of the operating company Japan Airport Terminal Co., which is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime Market, provided more than ¥400 million to a company run by the eldest son of Makoto Koga, a former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, over a project to set up massage chairs at Haneda Airport.

The eldest son’s company had entirely delegated the actual business operations to another company. The national tax authorities pointed out that the eldest son’s company took no part in actual business operations and imposed........

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