Nearly 70% say Abe bears responsibility for ex-justice chief's arrest
Nearly 70 percent of the public thinks Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bears heavy responsibility for appointing a justice minister who was later arrested on suspicion of vote-buying, a survey says. The July survey by Jiji Press found that 67.9 percent of the respondents view Abe ...
Tokyo court denies bail for ex-justice minister and lawmaker wife
The two are expected to receive their court rulings within 100 days of their indictment on a charge of vote-buying.
The murky politics behind Japan's campaign financing
Katsuyuki and Anri Kawai are accused of using campaign funds to buy favors, but the use of cash for gift-giving is so prevalent in Japan as to make it difficult to prove.
Former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai, who has been indicted on vote-buying charges, allegedly distributed some of his money to a secretary to former Financial Services Minister Shizuka Kamei, informed sources said. The secretary received a total of ¥3 million from Kawai over two occasions before ...
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.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday decided to cancel its annual convention for the first time since its formation in 1955, with no end in sight to the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, speculation is building that a vote-buying scandal involving former party members was behind ...
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.
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.
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.
Abe Cabinet support rate falls to 36.7% after ex-minister's arrest
Arrests of former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai and his lawmaker wife pushes approval rate down.
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.
