House of Representatives member Mito Kakizawa intends to admit to vote-buying allegations in a mayoral election in Tokyo despite an initial denial, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday. Kakizawa, …
Tokyo prosecutors on Thursday arrested former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Mito Kakizawa for allegedly giving bribes to assembly members in Tokyo’s Koto Ward to garner support for a candidate in …
Ruling party lawmaker Mito Kakizawa is under investigation on suspicion of vote-buying to elect a mayoral candidate in a Tokyo ward in April, sources close to the matter said Friday. …
Yayoi Kimura, mayor of Tokyo’s Koto Ward, said Thursday that she will resign from the post, after public prosecutors searched her office earlier this week for alleged violation of the …