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.
Former justice minister gets three-year prison term over vote-buying scandal
Katsuyuki Kawai, 58, was found guilty of giving some ¥29 million in total to 100 people in 2019 in conspiracy with his wife, to buy votes for her in an Upper House election.
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.
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.
Ex-justice minister to resign as lawmaker over vote-buying, sources say
Katsuyuki Kawai is accused of handing out a total of about ¥29 million to 100 individuals to reward them for votes secured in the campaign to elect his wife, Anri Kawai.
Katsuyuki Kawai, a 57-year-old House of Representatives member, is accused of handing out a total of about ¥29 million to 100 individuals to reward them for votes for his wife.
Lawmaker Anri Kawai submits resignation over 2019 vote-buying scandal
Kawai is believed to have chosen to quit ahead of potentially losing her status as a lawmaker should her guilty verdict over the scandal be finalized.
Shizuka Kamei's secretary admits to getting ¥3 million from Kawai
The secretary said he received ¥1 million in Kawai's office on May 31, 2019, and ¥2 million in a hotel on July 3 the same year.
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.
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'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.
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.
