Abe defers Diet passage of prosecutor retirement bill amid pressure

The government and ruling coalition on Monday gave up seeking passage of a controversial bill to raise the retirement age for prosecutors during the current Diet session, amid heated public criticism led by celebrities who have taken to Twitter to express their opposition.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, reached the agreement amid calls for the resignation of Hiromu Kurokawa, widely believed to be favored by the prime minister's office who was permitted to remain as chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office after he tu…READ FULL ARTICLE