10 Facts About Hiromu Kurokawa

Hiromu Kurokawa is a Japanese prosecutor who served as chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office from January 2019 to May 2020.

Hiromu Kurokawa completed legal training in 1983 and thereafter worked as a prosecutor in various posts throughout Japan.

However, Hiromu Kurokawa was promoted to Vice-Minister of Justice in September 2016, placing him in a coordination role with senior Cabinet members such as Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, while Hayashi was placed in charge of the prosecutors' office in Nagoya.

Hiromu Kurokawa was the top bureaucrat in the Justice Ministry during the investigation of Moritomo Gakuen, a private school that was embroiled in a scandal surrounding a purchase of land from the government.

Shukan Bunshun reported in December 2018 that Hiromu Kurokawa helped to quash the investigation despite the top prosecutor in Osaka wanting to pursue indictment.

Hiromu Kurokawa was appointed Head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office in January 2019, at the initiative of former Justice Minister and prosecutor Takashi Yamashita.

The government argued that the extension was legal under Japan's National Public Service Act, while the opposition argued that this was inconsistent with past interpretation of the law, and that the extension was a political move meant to allow Hiromu Kurokawa to replace Japan's Prosecutor-General Nobuo Inada.

Constitutional Democratic Party leader Yukio Edano described Hiromu Kurokawa as controlling judicial administration in compliance with Abe's directives.

Hiromu Kurokawa resigned from office in May 2020 after admitting to gambling on mahjong with reporters in violation of social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hiromu Kurokawa was accused of bribery with regard to taking luxury taxis hired by the Sankei Shimbun newspaper.