Category JAPAN

A Japanese panel of citizens has voted against a decision by prosecutors not to indict a former secretary of lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda over a slush funds scandal embroiling the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. It is unreasonable not to prosecute the…

NHK, Japan’s sole public broadcaster, said Tuesday that Kenji Sobata, senior director for international services, resigned the same day over controversial comments made by an outside staff member in Chinese-language news aired on its international and domestic radio channels. Four…