Panel says Japan's ex-top prosecutor should be indicted over gambling

An inquest body said Thursday it has concluded that a former top Tokyo prosecutor believed to have been favored by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should be indicted for gambling with news reporters when Japan was under a state of emergency earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.The decision by the Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution's forces prosecutors to reinvestigate the matter after previously choosing not to indict Hiromu Kurokawa, 63.The committee said Kurokawa continued gambling even though he was in a position to deter illegal acts as head of the Tokyo High Public …READ FULL ARTICLE