A former employee in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of bribery at a hospital in Chiba Prefecture. It is believed that he received the equivalent of 200 million yen in home appliances and other items in return for favoring the vendor.

The newly arrested suspect is Toshihiko Shimizu, 38, a former employee of the Higashi Chiba Medical Center. This is the fourth person to be arrested in a corruption case at this hospital. In return for facilitating the vendors, the house....