THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 31, 2019 at 16:05 JST
Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai answers questions from reporters after he tendered a resignation letter to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. 31. (Takeshi Iwashita)
In the second resignation from the Cabinet in less than a week, Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai stepped down on Oct. 31 amid allegations that his wife, a lawmaker, paid her election campaign staff double the legal limit. [Read More]
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