The case was unprecedented in Japanese police department history. The scandal pushed Tadashi Sugihara, the then Director of the Osaka Police Department, to suicide. At that time, police officers were frequently entertained at luxurious nightclubs and they were suspected of taking money from game machine manufacturers. However, the investigation focused on low-level police officers' misconduct and elite officers were exempted from scrutiny. If a thorough investigation were made into the game machine scandals at that time, the police department involved would not have been corrupted so badly.
Golfing is another favorite hobby of elite police officers.
Sometimes, they accompanied hostesses to nightclubs. Of course, their golf outings were paid for by local business corporations. They were frequently invited to hostess bars and took hostesses to play golf. One news reporter found out about this but did not write about it because he was treated special when news stories broke. The director ordered him not to come into his office.