THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 31, 2019 at 16:05 JST
Anri Kawai shakes hands with a supporter in Hiroshima after she won a seat in the Upper House election on July 21. (Koichi Ueda)
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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