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.
National / Politics Jul 17, 2020
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 ...
National / Crime & Legal Jul 15, 2020
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.
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Jul 11, 2020
The murky politics behind Japan's campaign financing
by Philip Brasor
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.
National / Politics Jul 11, 2020
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 ...
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.