Former Japanese Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai and his lawmaker wife Anri were arrested Thursday for allegedly giving millions of yen in cash to local politicians as rewards for their efforts to secure votes for her in last year's upper house election, prosecutors said.The arrests may deal a further blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe given his ties to Kawai, who served as his special adviser for foreign affairs and then briefly assumed the post of justice minister after the election last July.It is the first time in 18 years that a Japanese lawmaker who was a Cabinet member has been arrest…READ FULL ARTICLE
