Japan prosecutor seen close to Abe quits in gambling scandal

A top Japanese prosecutor seen as close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe submitted his resignation Thursday after a magazine reported he gambled on mahjong by evading a stay-at-home request during a coronavirus state of emergency. The scandal involving Hiromu Kurokawa, head of the Tokyo High Prosecutors Office, surfaced Wednesday after the popular weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun said he played mahjong for money at the home of a newspaper reporter twice in May. Justice Minister Masako Mori told reporters that Korokawa was reprimanded after an investigation confirmed the allegations against him.

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