Ex-Japan lawmaker pleads guilty to illegal campaign in mayor election
Former ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Mito Kakizawa pleaded guilty on Wednesday to allegations of illegal campaign financing related to a Tokyo ward election last April. “I have decided not to contest any of the charges,” the 53-year-old former senior vice justice minister said at the first hearing of his trial at the Tokyo District […]
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Ex-lawmaker secretary becomes Japan’s youngest female mayor at 33
A 33-year-old former secretary of a ruling party lawmaker has become Japan’s youngest-ever female mayor after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, on Sunday, according to the Japanese city mayors’ association. Shoko Kawata, an independent backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito, as well as the main opposition Constitutional Democratic […]
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Nara mayor searching for way to commemorate Abe month after slaying
Nara Mayor Gen Nakagawa is searching for the best way possible to commemorate former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was fatally shot in the western Japan city last month. On Monday morning, flowers were placed at the traffic island near a train station where Abe was shot at close range during a campaign speech on […]
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