Prosecutors to charge ex-justice chief Kawai for bribery

Is the kawai case the first time ???.

will be detained like Ghosn was - highly dobt it

Good.

LDP Shredders probably running already since days destroying all evidence as usual. Welcome to Kurokawa Paradise where Prosecutors make sure Abe's friends get no or if really unavoidable the lightest punishment (and a nice retirement package added)

smithinjapan,

You nailed it.

Buy a beach house mansion in Croatia and stay there for a few months. Come back and carry on as usual.

Two years, suspended. Guarantee it.

No need for detention in this case.

He is a Japanese lawmaker , so there is absolutely no way that he would destroy evidence or conspire with his co conspirator wife.

I could be wrong, though.

Up to 10 million Yen in illegal contributions: small change compared to what the Nuclear Power Utilities use for their brown envelopes, Blue Chip companies use for their accountants and auditors, PR companies use for sports events.....the list goes on. Justice must be 'seen' to be done....

@kurispisu

Because he is not a flight risk.

How come Mr Kawai is not incarcerated down at his local koban or in a detention center?

Chief prosecutor prosecuted but best friends with Abe so nothing will happen.

2 words - suspended sentence.

Endless corruption, endlessly.

This has anything to do with Abe trying to keep Kurokawa in the prosecution office?

His job is to keep the filth away from Shinzo. Expect a couple of suicides in Hiroshima before it's all slushed away...

News are getting to complicated for me to follow.

This has anything to do with Abe trying to keep Kurokawa in the prosecution office?

Why even bother? We all know that a suspended sentence is a foregone conclusion.