Tokyo High Inspection Prosecutor General Kurokawa submitted his resignation during suspected gambling day during the epidemic

　　China News Service, May 21, according to Kyodo News Agency, on the 21st local time, Attorney General Kurokawa of Tokyo High Prosecutor's Office submitted a resignation to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. According to reports, Kurokawa was playing mahjong gambling with journalists and others in Tokyo this month in the state of the announcement of the new crown emergency situation.

Attorney General Kurokawa of Tokyo High Prosecutor's Office, Japan. (Photo source: Japanese TBS TV station video screenshot)

　　Japanese Prime Minister Moriyama said to the media that he would be "disciplined". The legal affairs and prosecution departments have begun to study the candidates. As the chief inspector-general with responsibility for supervision, the handling of Nobuo Inada also became the focus.

　　According to reports, the Abe government suddenly changed the original legal interpretation of the "Procuratorate Act" at the end of January, delaying Kurokawa's retirement by half a year. The opposition party pointed out the illegality of the move, but the government refuted that the procedures were reasonable and Kurokawa was the talent that the prosecution organization continued to need.

　　Earlier, some media reported that Kurokawa was suspected of playing mahjong gambling. Senyako said on the morning of the 21st that "the investigation will be completed within 21 days and will be announced and severely punished in the evening".

　　According to reports, the Japanese government submitted an amendment to the "Procuratorate Act" that clearly stipulates the delayed retirement. Was criticized "this is a bill to justify Kurokawa's personnel arrangements afterwards", "permitting political involvement in prosecution work", and then gave up passing this bill in this Congress.

　　Kurokawa became a prosecutor in 1983, and successively held core positions such as Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Chief of the Attorney General, and Undersecretary of Affairs. In January 2019, he served as the chief prosecutor of the Tokyo High Prosecutor's Office as the second-leader of the prosecution department. His resignation will be formally approved with the permission of the Emperor after approval by the cabinet meeting.