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Katsuyuki Kawai
河井 克行
Minister of Justice
In office
11 September 2019 – 31 October 2019
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byTakashi Yamashita
Succeeded byMasako Mori
Personal details
Born (1963-03-11) 11 March 1963 (age 61)
Hiroshima, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party→Independent
SpouseAnri Kawai
Alma materKeio University
Katsuyuki Kawai meeting the Union Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, in New Delhi on November 18, 2015

Katsuyuki Kawai (河井 克行, Kawai Katsuyuki, born March 11, 1963) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hiroshima, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1993 after serving in the assembly of Hiroshima Prefecture. He ran again three years later and was elected for the first time, but lost the seat in 2000. He was re-elected in 2003. He was the Minister of Justice from 11 September 2019 to 31 October 2019. He stepped down as the Minister of Justice after reports of overpaying workers of Anri Kawai's political campaign beyond the legal limit.[1]

On June 16, 2020, he and his wife, Anri Kawai, left the Liberal Democratic Party among allegations of buying votes to aid Anri Kawai's campaign for the House of Councilors. They were later arrested by public prosecutors on June 19, 2020 on charges for vote-buying and distributing around 25 million yen to 100 prefectural and city assembly members in Hiroshima[2] in violation of the Public Office Elections Law.[1]

On April 2021, Kawai resigned his position as Representative. On June 18, 2021 Kawai was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 1.3 million yen ($12,000) for vote buying.[3]

Biography

Early Years

Kawai was born in Mihara city,[4][5] Hiroshima Prefecture, where he lived until kindergarten. The family rented two six-and-a-half mat rooms,[5] and used the public bath.[4] His elementary school years were in Asaminami Ward of Hiroshima, attending the Yasu Elementary School and then the Hiroshima Academy Junior and Senior High School.

In 1985 he graduated from the Faculty of Law at Keio University, specializing in political science, and then enrolled in The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management in Chigasaki.[6] Among his fellow classmates at the Institute were Nobuhiro Tanabe and Toshiyuki Nara, the mayor of Echizen. In 1988 he gained experience as an international trainee of local government in Office of Management and Budget of Dayton, Ohio.[7] In 1990 he graduated from the Matsushita Institute and returned to Hiroshima.

Early Political Career and Marriage

In 1991 Kawai stood for election in Asaminami Ward, and was elected to the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly.

During the 1993 Japanese general election his bid for the House of Representatives was unsuccessful, coming in sixth out of eight candidates. In the 1996 Japanese general election he succeed in defeating Yoshitake Masuhara of the New Frontier Party, becoming the representative of from Hiroshima District Three. However, he lost this position in the 2000 Japanese general election to his former opponent Yoshitake Masuhara (at that time not affiliated with any political party); his supporters pointed out, "The main reason for your defeat is that you are still single." During the period when he was still bemoaning his election loss, a friend introduced him to Anri Maeda, an employee of the Science and Technology Agency; they had supper together in Tokyo, then went to a karaoke snack bar in Akasaka, where Anri sang Amagi-goe. It was love at first sight, and they decided to start a serious relationship that night. [8] On April 20, 2001, they held their wedding in a Hiroshima hotel.[9][10][11]

Appointments to High Offices

Subsequently Masuhara joined the LDP, and the two rivals agreed to use the so-called "Costa Rica system" under Japan's parallel voting system, in which they alternated running in the single-member tier or the proportional representation (PR) tier. In the 2003 election Kawai ran in the PR block, coming in second and thus returning to the National Diet, where he served as parliamentary secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Second and Third Koizumi Cabinets. In 2007, he became the State Minister of Justice in the First Abe Cabinet (2006–2007) and subsequent Fukuda Cabinet (2007-2008).

In the 2009 election he ran in the PR block, and was again elected. In June of 2011 he joined the Kisaragi Kai, a newly formed political association centered on Kunio Hatoyama, who had been the Minister of Justice (2007-2008); Kawai served as chief secretary of the association.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/06/b35b3c0c5c48-urgent-ex-justice-minister-wife-plan-to-leave-ldp-over-election-scandal.html
  2. ^ Sugiyama, Satoshi (2020-06-18). "Former top Abe aide and wife arrested in vote-buying scandal". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  3. ^ "Ex-Japan justice minister given 3-yr jail term over vote buying". The Mainichi Shimbun. Tokyo. June 18, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  4. ^ a b 五十年ぶりに三原の神明市へ（2018年2月13日）河井克行オフィシャルブログ「あらいぐまのつぶやき」。2019年12月30日閲覧。
  5. ^ a b 片岡健 (2020-04-23). "現金配布の河井前法相、「誰も知らない」過去 風呂無し六畳二間で暮らした幼少期". NETIB-NEWS. 株式会社データ・マックス. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  6. ^ 河井克行プロフィール|松下政経塾
  7. ^ Kawai, Katsuyuki (May 11, 2005). "Speech by Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mr. Katsuyuki Kawai at the Dayton City Commission". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved June 21, 2021. Seventeen years ago, one night in January, a 25-year-old young man landed at Dayton Airport
  8. ^ "第45回 河井克行議員". みわちゃんねる突撃永田町!!. 2007年. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  9. ^ 常井健一 (2021-01-29). "「私はおもちゃ」河井案里氏有罪……長い判決文にあった"気になる一文"（ページ2）". 文春オンライン. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  10. ^ "河井克行オフィシャルブログ『あらいぐまのつぶやき』「今日は家内の誕生日」Powered by Ameba". 河井克行. 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  11. ^ 週刊文春2019年11月7日号（10月31日発売）p24. 2019年11月5日閲覧。
  12. ^ "鳩山邦夫氏の「きさらぎ会」、100人突破の勢い！？". Sankei Shimbun. 2014-06-18. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
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