Japanese lawmaker Kakizawa indicted over violation of election law

Japanese lawmaker and former senior vice justice minister Mito Kakizawa was indicted Wednesday for violating the election law by allegedly running illegal campaign financing related to a Tokyo ward election last April, prosecutors said.The 52-year-old former ruling Liberal Democratic Party member, who was arrested along with his four secretaries in late December, is suspected of making payments, or having offered to do so, totaling 2.8 million yen ($19,000) as bribes in connection with the Koto Ward mayoral election -- allegations to which he has admitted.The indictment of the House of Repr…READ FULL ARTICLE