Japanese lawmaker Mito Kakizawa is indicted for violation of the election law, prosecutors said, following the former Liberal Democratic Party member's arrest over illegal campaign financing allegations related to a Tokyo ward mayoral election last April.
Former Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Mikio Aoki, known to have held strong influence while head of the party's upper house caucus, dies. He was 89.
The fishermen who tackled the man suspected of the second attack on a Japanese politician in less than a year said Sunday that they were surprised by the lack of security for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Fisherman Tsutomu Konishi was watching Kishida at a campaign event at this fishing port when an object flew overhead and landed near the prime minister, Konishi said. A security officer covered the object with a bulletproof briefcase, said Konishi, 41. The fishermen swarmed the attacker.