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2019 UPPER HOUSE ELECTION

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 21, 2023
Tokyo prosecutor suspected of offering to nix man's indictment to build case against Kawai
The prosecutor is suspected of convincing the man to admit the money he received was for vote-buying purposes, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2022
34 people face charges over ex-minister's vote-buying in Hiroshima
In July 2021, prosecutors dropped the bribery case against all 100 individuals. But they overturned the decision after an inquest panel said new indictments were necessary.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2022
Citizen panel says 35 people should be charged over vote-buying in 2019 Upper House poll
Following the panel's conclusion, Tokyo prosecutors will re-investigate the case after they decided in July not to indict 100 individuals, mostly local politicians.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2021
Ex-Justice Minister Kawai accepts prison term over buying votes
Kawai pleaded not guilty in his first hearing in August last year. But he admitted to most of the charges in March and sought a suspended sentence.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2021
Prison term to be finalized for former Japan justice minister over vote buying
Katsuyuki Kawai, who was found guilty of buying votes for his wife in the 2019 Upper House election, intends to drop his appeal, a source has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2021
Prosecutors drop case against recipients of ex-minister's bribes
Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped a bribery case against all 100 individuals including local assembly members who allegedly received cash from former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2021
Four year prison term sought for ex-justice minister over vote buying
The trial is expected to conclude after the defense counsel's closing argument slated for May 18, with a ruling possibly to be given as early as June.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 23, 2021
Ex-justice minister resigns as lawmaker and pleads guilty to vote-buying
Katsuyuki Kawai allegedly violated the election law by handing out cash to politicians and supporters to reward them for voting for his wife.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2021
Ex-justice minister to resign as lawmaker over vote-buying, sources say
Katsuyuki Kawai is accused of handing out a total of about u00a529 million to 100 individuals to reward them for votes secured in the campaign to elect his wife, Anri Kawai.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2021
Ex-justice minister granted bail in Japan vote-buying case
Katsuyuki Kawai, a 57-year-old House of Representatives member, is accused of handing out a total of about u00a529 million to 100 individuals to reward them for votes for his wife.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 21, 2021
Lawmaker Anri Kawai found guilty of vote-buying in 2019 election
The 47-year-old Upper House lawmaker was sentenced to 16 months in prison, suspended for five years, in a ruling also expected to affect the case of her husband, Katsuyuki Kawai.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2020
18-month jail term sought for lawmaker Anri Kawai over vote-buying
Prosecutors have argued that Kawai committed an 'unprecedented malicious crime that jolted the foundations of democracy.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 18, 2020
Japan's top court rules 2019 election vote weight gap is constitutional
Following 16 conflicting rulings from lower courts, the top court rejected the plaintiffs' demand for the outcomes of the House of Councilors election held on July 21, 2019, to be nullified.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2020
Tokyo court grants bail for lawmaker Anri Kawai, charged with vote-buying
Anri has been tried separately from her husband Katsuyuki, the former justice minister, since he fired his lawyers and hearings in his case were suspended.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 31, 2020
Aide to scandal-hit Anri Kawai sees prison term upheld over election law violation
In the appeal trial, Hiroshi Tatemichi's defense lawyer claimed he should be given a fine rather than sentenced to prison.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2020
Tokyo court denies bail for former justice minister and lawmaker wife
Katsuyuki and Anri Kawai have been held at the Tokyo Detention House since their June 18 arrests.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 8, 2020
Former Japan justice minister and wife charged with vote-buying
Katsuyuki Kawai is suspected of having given u00a525.7 million ($240,000) to 94 local politicians and supporters in relation to the July 2019 Upper House vote.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 24, 2020
Ex-justice minister may have bought votes in Hiroshima in 2005 poll
A former assemblyman said he refused to take the envelope, believing it contained cash, and then cut ties with Katsuyuki Kawai.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 22, 2020
Arrested ex-Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai admits cash handout but denies vote-buying
Katsuyuki Kawai and his wife Anri were arrested last Thursday on suspicion of giving u00a525.7 million in cash to 94 local politicians and supporters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 20, 2020
Kawais may have dished out ¥30 million in scheme to buy votes
That leak is based on lists showing who got how much that Hiroshima prosecutors confiscated from the couple's home.

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