Overview

• The Osaka National Tax Bureau’s assessment levies roughly ¥5 billion in additional taxes and heavy penalties on Nakagawa and his family firms.
• Investigators found his family-run contractors submitted forged receipts to disguise about ¥5 billion in unreported income.
• At least ¥3 billion from those transactions was ruled to have been funneled back to Nakagawa as undisclosed personal earnings.
• Nakagawa is preparing to challenge the ruling at the National Tax Tribunal and will hold a press conference in the coming days.
• The case has prompted calls to tighten oversight and conflict-of-interest safeguards within the national farm cooperative network.