Mayor resigns over vote-buying scandal in Japan

Mayor resigns over vote-buying scandal in Japan

The assembly of Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture, accepts Hiroshi Kodama's resignation as its mayor on July 3, 2020. Kodama received 600,000 yen from Katsuyuki Kawai, who once served as justice minister and has been arrested for alleged vote buying in 2019.

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