Japanese lawmaker Mito Kakizawa arrested over vote-buying allegations

Former Japanese senior vice justice minister Mito Kakizawa, a lawmaker who belonged to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was arrested Thursday over allegations of vote-buying in a Tokyo ward mayoral election in April, prosecutors said.The arrest of Kakizawa, together with four of his secretaries, is set to deal another blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's administration, which has been rocked recently by a political funds scandal involving the LDP's biggest faction.The 52-year-old House of Representatives lawmaker is suspected of having used around 2.6 million yen ($18,000) to support …READ FULL ARTICLE