National / Crime & Legal Mar 3, 2021
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.
National / Crime & Legal Jan 25, 2021
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.
National / 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.
National / Crime & Legal Dec 25, 2020
Former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa's offices raided over money scandal
The allegations against the 70-year-old politician, who served under Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's predecessor Shinzo Abe, are expected to hurt public support for Suga's government.
National / 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."
National / Crime & Legal Dec 2, 2020
Ex-farm minister suspected of taking bribes from egg production firm representative
The former representative lobbied lawmakers and farm ministry officials on international standards for animal welfare, sources say.
National / Politics Nov 20, 2020
Komeito deputy chief to run for Kawai's Hiroshima seat, riling LDP
Tetsuo Saito, now in his ninth term as a Lower House member, says he wants to secure the seat for the ruling coalition.
National / 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.
National / Crime & Legal Oct 20, 2020
Ex-justice minister sought help with deleting data, net PR agent claims
Prosecutors say the nixed data included a list of suspected cash recipients, drawn up by Katsuyuki Kawai, that also logged how much each had been paid.
National / 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.
National / Crime & Legal Aug 25, 2020
Lawmaker couple Katsuyuki and Anri Kawai plead not guilty to vote buying
The two were arrested in June and indicted the following month, dealing a blow to the Abe administration, which has recently seen its popularity wane.
National / Politics Aug 10, 2020
Hiroshima cities elect mayors after predecessors quit over Kawai scandal
Former banker Shinji Ishimaru, 37, won his first term as mayor of Akitakata, while Yoshihiro Okada, 35, head of a private institute, was elected mayor of Mihara.