thejapantimes, 12 days ago to Japan

Former secretary to ex-senior vice justice minister fined for election law violation in Tokyo bribery case https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/28/japan/crime-legal/kakizawa-secretary-fined/ #japan #crimelegal #mitokakizawa #japanesecourts #election

thejapantimes, 2 months ago to Japan

Tokyo District Court has sentenced former ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Mito Kakizawa to two years in prison, suspended for five years, for an illegal campaign finance offense related to a Tokyo ward election in April last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/14/japan/crime-legal/ex-japan-lawmaker-found-guilty-vote-buying/ #japan #crimelegal #mitokakizawa #ldp #japanesecourts #tokyo #kotoward #corruption

thejapantimes, 3 months ago to Japan

Former senior vice justice minister Mito Kakizawa has pleaded guilty to charges of illegal campaign financing in relation to a Tokyo ward election last April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/14/japan/crime-legal/trial-illegal-election-campaigning/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #mitokakizawa #koto #tokyo #ldp #lowerhouse

thejapantimes, 4 months ago to Japan

Lawmaker Mito Kakizawa was indicted Wednesday for violation of the election law, prosecutors said, following the former Liberal Democratic Party member's arrest over illegal campaign financing allegations related to a Tokyo ward mayoral election last April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/17/japan/crime-legal/lawmaker-kakizawa-indicted/?utm_content=buffer6b99a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #mitokakizawa #ldp #japanesepolice #tokyo #koto

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

House of Representatives lawmaker Mito Kakizawa will admit to vote-buying allegations in a mayoral election in Tokyo despite an initial denial, sources said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/06/japan/politics/mito-kakizawa-vote-buying-admit/?utm_content=bufferb89f3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #diet #tokyo #kotoward #mitokakizawa #corruption

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Tokyo prosecutors on Thursday arrested former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Mito Kakizawa for allegedly giving bribes to assembly members in Tokyo’s Koto Ward to garner support for a candidate in the Koto mayoral election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/28/japan/crime-legal/kakizawa-arrest-vote-buying/?utm_content=buffercf88d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #mitokakizawa #kotoward #corruption #tokyo #ldp #localgovernment

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

House of Representatives lawmaker Mito Kakizawa has had his house and parliament office searched by Tokyo prosecutors over allegations of vote-buying in a mayoral election in April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/14/japan/crime-legal/japan-vote-buying-lawmaker-raid/?utm_content=buffer3ec71&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #mitokakizawa #kotoward #yayoikimura #2023localelections

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

Ruling party lawmaker Mito Kakizawa is under investigation on suspicion of vote-buying to elect a mayoral candidate in Koto Ward in April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/17/japan/crime-legal/kakizawa-vote-buying-investigation/?utm_content=buffere0061&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #mitokakizawa #ldp #localgovernment #politicalfunds #kotoward #tokyo #corruption

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

Prosecutors searched the office of a ruling party lawmaker amid allegations that the politician paid money to local assembly members in return for supporting a candidate he backed in a mayoral election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/16/japan/politics/japan-lawmaker-office-raid/?utm_content=buffer080b1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #mitokakizawa #ldp #localgovernment #politicalfunds

thejapantimes, 7 months ago to Japan

State Justice Minister Mito Kakizawa resigned Tuesday after admitting to being involved in election-campaign misconduct in the spring, exacerbating Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s already precarious standing with the public. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/31/japan/politics/mito-kakizawa-scandal-resignation/?utm_content=buffer73467&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #mitokakizawa #fumiokishida #yayoikimura #ldp