Suspected Fake Diploma Data Seized from Ex-Ito Mayor’s Computer
Shizuoka, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)--Police have seized data believed to be a fake university diploma from a computer belonging to Maki Takubo, former mayor of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The Shizuoka prefectural police confiscated the data during a search of her house in Ito in February, according to the people. Takubo, 56, has cont...
On August 25, Shizuoka police seized what they suspected to be a fake university diploma from the computer of Maki Takubo, the former mayor of Ito in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. According to sources familiar with the case, the data was confiscated during a search of her residence in Ito earlier this month. Takubo, who is 56 years old, has consistently maintained her innocence regarding the forging of the document.
She asserts that the physical version, which she refers to as a "graduation certificate," is safely kept in a law firm's vault in Tokyo and has not been taken into custody.
Takubo has invoked her constitutional right against seizure in her defense. In March, she was indicted without arrest for charges related to the alleged forgery of the document as well as making a false statement during a city assembly meeting. The indictment specifically accuses Takubo of fabricating a certificate of graduation from Toyo University in Tokyo, a document she purportedly presented to the chair and vice chair of the city assembly in May and June of 2025.
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