Lockheed Bribery Scandal

The Lockheed Bribery Scandal appears in Vol.268 两个劳斯莱斯 as the political and legal tail of the [[LockheedL1011TriStar|L-1011 TriStar]] story. The episode says U.S. Senate investigations after Watergate uncovered overseas payments by U.S. companies, including [[LockheedCorporation|Lockheed]] payments connected to aircraft sales in Japan.

The source’s main Japanese case involves payments through Marubeni / 丸红 and [[KodamaYoshio|Kodama Yoshio]] around [[AllNipponAirways|All Nippon Airways]] purchasing TriStar aircraft powered by [[RollsRoyceRB211|RB211]] engines. [[TanakaKakuei|Tanaka Kakuei]] is the central politician named in the episode’s Japanese aftermath.

The scandal matters to the wiki because it connects capital-intensive export sales, defense contractors, state-linked buyers, and domestic political accountability. The episode treats it as one path into the [[ForeignCorruptPracticesAct|Foreign Corrupt Practices Act]], while keeping broader claims about U.S. political motives toward Tanaka source-scoped.

Connections

• Lockheed Corporation, [[LockheedL1011TriStar|L-1011 TriStar]], and [[RollsRoyceRB211|RB211]] - aircraft and engine context.
• Tanaka Kakuei / 田中角荣, Marubeni / 丸红, Kodama Yoshio / 儿玉誉士夫, and All Nippon Airways / 全日空 - Japanese scandal branch.
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Overseas Bribery Export Sales - legal and commercial-risk concepts.
• Richard Nixon, United States, and Japan - investigation and political context.