Japan's Worst Political Corruption Scandal

Japan has long struggled with corrupt ties between its politicians and businesses. It is said that they experience one such major scandal every ten years - every time leading to calls for reform.
At the end of the 1980s, Japan experienced one of their most serious such scandals - the Recruit Scandal.
It touched all of Japan’s political, economic, and social elites. Its widespread nature signaled a deeply corrupt system - going all the way up to the Prime Minister himself.
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