TOKYO - Japan's second-highest-ranking prosecutor, believed to be favored by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office, tendered his resignation Thursday after admitting he played mahjong for money with reporters earlier this month, defying social distancing guidelines introduced to fight the novel coronavirus.
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