Most of the roughly 100 people questioned by prosecutors over an election vote-buying scandal have admitted to receiving money from a former justice minister and his lawmaker wife, investigative sources said Wednesday.Katsuyuki Kawai, a lower house member known for his close ties with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and his wife Anri, an upper house member, are accused of buying votes for her in the House of Councillors election in July 2019 in which she secured a parliamentary seat for the first time.Prosecutors suspect the 57-year-old former minister and his wife handed out about 24 million ye…READ FULL ARTICLE
