Mayor resigns over vote-buying scandal in Japan

Mayor resigns over vote-buying scandal in Japan

Yoshinori Temma (front), mayor of Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture, bows in apology during a local assembly session on June 30, 2020, as he resigns for receiving 1.5 million yen in 2019 from Katsuyuki Kawai, who once served as justice minister. Kawai and his lawmaker wife Anri have been arrested for alleged vote buying in her election campaign. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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