The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday granted bail for lawmaker Anri Kawai, who has been indicted on a charge of vote-buying during her House of Councillors election campaign last year.Kawai, who was arrested in June with her husband Katsuyuki, a former justice minister who is a member of the House of Representatives, paid 12 million yen ($114,000) in bail.Prosecutors have appealed the court decision. It was the fifth request Kawai's lawyer had filed for her release on bail.Kawai, 47, is accused of conspiring with her 57-year-old husband to violate the election law by handing out cash to five…READ FULL ARTICLE
