In reference to a violation of the Public Offices Election Act concerning the mayoral election in Tokyo’s Koto Ward held in April this 12 months, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s Special Investigation Department introduced on the sixteenth that the Deputy Minister of Justice Mizuaki Kakizawa, who is claimed to have supported the previous ward mayor. The native workplace, the house of the secretary, and the house of the ward assemblyman have been all searched without delay.
The Special Investigation Department can also be stated to have voluntarily interviewed Rep. Kakizawa’s secretary concerning the circumstances, and is anticipated to work to uncover the fact of the election marketing campaign.
Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Department raids native workplaces of House of Representatives member Miyo Kakizawa | NHK
