Former lawmaker Nakajima found hanged at home

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Yojiro Nakajima (file photo), who was convicted of vote-buying and fraud, was found hanged at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Jan. 6. Nakajima, 41, was given a two-year prison term last September for defrauding the state of about 10 million yen, money that was given to him from tax funds to pay for a secretary. He had appealed the Tokyo High Court decision to the Supreme Court.

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