A top Japanese prosecutor thought to be favored by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office was put in the hot seat on Wednesday after a magazine report that he had played mahjong for money despite Japan's state of emergency over the new coronavirus.The online report by the Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine sparked calls from ruling and opposition parties -- and even some within the judicial branch -- for Hiromu Kurokawa, chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, to step down. It also set social media abuzz with tweets bearing a Japanese hashtag demanding that he be dismissed as a disciplin…READ FULL ARTICLE
