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UPPER HOUSE

Japan Times
JAPAN / 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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2020
Japan enacts record extra budget to address pandemic fallout
The Upper House's budget panel endorsed the package, focusing on financial aid for front-line medical staff and subsidies for small businesses.
Japan Times
JAPAN
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 u00a520 million to around 100 people in connection with the campaign, sources say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2020
Japan enacts high-tech 'super city' bill
The government hopes to utilize cutting-edge technologies to address issues such as depopulation and the aging of society.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 19, 2020
LDP lawmaker's secretary admits to bribing election campaigners in trial
Anri Kawai could lose her seat in the Hiroshima constituency if her secretary is found guilty and given a jail term.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 14, 2020
Man paid by ex-minister to swing votes for wife in Hiroshima, sources say
The man was paid around u00a5960,000 by former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 13, 2020
Charges loom for ex-justice chief Katsuyuki Kawai over poll scandal
The development appears certain to deal a further blow to the Abe government, which is facing public criticism over its handling of the coronavirus crisis.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2020
Home of ex-mayor searched over Japan lawmaker's election scandal
A former city mayor in Hiroshima Prefecture confirmed Sunday that his home was searched by prosecutors in connection with money misuse allegations related to a ruling party lawmaker's election campaign last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2020
Japan to cut lawmakers' pay by 20 percent amid virus crisis
Senior Japanese ruling party and opposition officials agreed Tuesday to reduce lawmakers' salaries by 20 percent for a year as part of efforts to overcome the novel coronavirus crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2020
Diet faces obstacles to online voting amid outbreak
Moves to introduce remote work for Diet members amid the coronavirus outbreak are failing to gain momentum due to constitutional constraints and technical reasons.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 2, 2020
Town mayor admits to getting cash from scandal-hit ex-minister Kawai
A town mayor admitted Thursday to having received cash last year from veteran lawmaker Katsuyuki Kawai, who is involved in money misuse allegations related to his wife's Upper House campaign.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 28, 2020
Backers of ex-Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai grilled over 2019 Upper House election scandal
Local supporters of former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai have been questioned by prosecutors on suspicion they received cash from him in connection with last summer's Upper House election, which saw his wife, Anri Kawai, win a seat, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 4, 2020
More illegal payments by lawmaker Anri Kawai's campaign suspected
The team that conducted lawmaker Anri Kawai's campaign for last year's House of Councilors election is suspected of having made illegal payments to more staff members than was previously believed, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2020
Aides to LDP's Kawais arrested in election scandal
The three are suspected of paying a combined u00a52.04 million to 14 campaign staff members between July 19 and 23 last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 3, 2020
The Kawai scandal and the race to succeed Shinzo Abe
Hiroshima-based Liberal Democratic Party Diet member Anri Kawai admitted in January to receiving ¥150 million from LDP headquarters prior to the July 2019 Upper House election. Kawai, a novice in national politics, is also the wife of disgraced former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai, who was forced...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 19, 2020
Japanese lawmaker Anri Kawai's aide admits knowing payments to campaign staff were illegal
A secretary to Upper House lawmaker Anri Kawai, the wife of a former justice minister, has admitted knowing that payments made to campaign staff during last year's Upper House election were illegal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2020
Average value of assets declared by members of Japan's Upper House hits record low
The average value of assets held by 124 Upper House members elected or re-elected last July was reported to be at a record-low of ¥18.35 million ($170,000), a Kyodo News tally showed Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2019
New central Tokyo apartment building for lawmakers comes with low rental prices
Upper House lawmakers will be offered rents far lower than market prices for apartments in a building under construction in a prime location in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2019
Vote weight gap in July election ruled constitutional by top Tokyo court
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday ruled the disparity in the weight of votes in the July Upper House election was constitutional, in the last of 16 similar lawsuits filed nationwide by groups of lawyers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2019
New law strengthens independent checks on major firms in Japan
A new law strengthens independent checks on major listed firms by obliging them to have outsiders on their board of directors and make executive compensation more transparent.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
A new tooth is seen in a ferret's mouth after it was administered a drug to stimulate the growth of tooth buds.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet

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