Lawmakers at center of election scandal

Katsuyuki Kawai, a former Japanese justice minister at the center of an election vote-buying scandal together with his wife and upper house member Anri Kawai, is surrounded by reporters after a lower house plenary session in Tokyo on June 17, 2020. The Kawais are accused of buying votes for Anri in the upper house election in July 2019 in which she secured a parliamentary seat for the first time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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