A secretary of ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Anri Kawai admitted to bribing campaigners during the Upper House election last July during his second court hearing Tuesday.
Hiroshi Tatemichi, a state-paid secretary of Kawai, did not enter a plea during his first hearing at the Hiroshima District Court on April 20 in connection with the campaign payment scandal that could possibly cost Kawai, the wife of former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai, her seat.
"It is true that I gave (campaigners) illegal rewards," Tatemichi told the court.