Attorney General Kurokawa "Acknowledges betting Mahjong" by interview with the Ministry of Justice May 21 11:04

Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office Prosecutor Hiroshi Kurokawa visited the newspaper reporter's home this month in the midst of an emergency declaration and was reportedly suspected of betting Mahjong. I found out that I was allowed to do it by interviewing the people concerned.

Attorney General Kurokawa is determined to resign and is expected to make comments on the 21st.

Attorney Hirotsugu Kurokawa of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office is suspected of betting mahjong at a newspaper reporter's home apartment in Tokyo on the night of the 1st and 13th of this month when the request for refraining from going out continued due to the declaration of emergency. It was reported.

In response to this, the Ministry of Justice interviewed and found that Prosecutor Kurokawa admitted that he made a bet Mahjong while proclaiming an emergency, and interviewed the people concerned.

Prosecutor General Kurokawa has decided to resign and has told the people around him that the prosecutor's office is expected to make a comment on the 21st.

Tokyo High Public Prosecutor General is the post of prosecution No. 2, and in January the government changed the law interpretation and extended the retirement age of Kurokawa Prosecutor, and the opposition side said, `` To make Mr. Kurokawa near the official residence the prosecutor general '' It was criticized one after another.

Legal and prosecution authorities are likely to urgently adjust the selection of replacements.