National / Crime & Legal Jul 8, 2020
Former Japan justice minister and wife charged with vote-buying
Katsuyuki Kawai is suspected of having given ¥25.7 million ($240,000) to 94 local politicians and supporters in relation to the July 2019 Upper House vote.
National / Crime & Legal Jun 26, 2020
Ex-minister Katsuyuki Kawai said alleged vote-buying cash was ‘from Abe’
The assembly member who received the money said they could not refuse it as Kawai mentioned the name of the prime minister.
National / 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.
National / 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 ¥25.7 million in cash to 94 local politicians and supporters.
National / 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.
National / Crime & Legal Jun 19, 2020
‘Raccoon’ and ‘Angie’ Kawai suspected of erasing Line texts on vote-buying
Katsuyuki Kawai is also alleged to have distributed cash to members of local city and prefectural assemblies as "money for teacakes."
National / Crime & Legal Jun 18, 2020
Former top Abe aide and wife arrested in vote-buying scandal
by Satoshi Sugiyama
The arrest is a severe blow to the Abe administration, especially because of Katsuyuki Kawai’s closeness to the prime minister and chief cabinet secretary.
National / Crime & Legal Jun 17, 2020
Aide to LDP lawmaker sentenced to 18-month term for violating election law
Anri Kawai will lose her seat representing Hiroshima once her aid's term is finalized, and the court has recognized a request for application of guilt by association.
National / Crime & Legal Jun 17, 2020
Prosecutors in Japan used GPS data to track ex-justice minister
The Kawais' smartphones were seized in March this year during a raid of a Tokyo hotel where they were staying.
National / Crime & Legal Jun 16, 2020
Ex-minister Katsuyuki Kawai and wife to leave LDP over scandal
The former justice minister and Anri Kawai are suspected of buying votes in the House of Councilors election in July 2019.
National Jun 7, 2020
LDP's Anri Kawai suspected of buying votes during 2019 Upper House election
She and her husband, the former justice minister, may have handed out over ¥20 million to around 100 people in connection with the campaign, sources say.