Mayor to resign over vote-buying scandal in Japan

Hiroshi Kodama, mayor of Akitakata in Hiroshima Prefecture, announces his intention to resign at a press conference in the city on June 30, 2020, for receiving 600,000 yen from Katsuyuki Kawai, who once served as justice minister and has been arrested for alleged vote buying in 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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