Japan panel says 35 people should be charged over vote-buying in 2019

A Japanese inquest panel comprised of citizens said Friday that 35 people should be indicted over vote-buying by former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai for his wife in the 2019 upper house election.With the conclusion, Tokyo prosecutors will reinvestigate the case after it decided in July not to indict 100 individuals, mostly local politicians, suspected of receiving cash from Kawai, who was in the post under then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.The panel for the inquest of prosecution said it has deemed that 35 of the 100 should be indicted as many of them were in public office and have receive…READ FULL ARTICLE