Kamagaya mayor held on suspicion of bribery

Kamagaya mayor held on suspicion of bribery

CHIBA, Japan - Keiichiro Minagawa, mayor of Kamagaya in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, leaves his home in Kamagaya on May 30 to be questioned by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a construction company via an aide to former House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue. The mayor was arrested later.

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