1. Katsuyuki Kawai is a Japanese former politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.
15 Facts About Katsuyuki Kawai
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In 2015, Kawai was appointed as Special Advisor to the Prime Minister during the Third Abe Cabinet's first and second reshuffles.
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Katsuyuki Kawai was re-elected to the House of Representatives for a seventh term in 2017 and subsequently appointed as Special Advisor to LDP President Shinzo Abe for Foreign Affairs.
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Katsuyuki Kawai became Minister of Justice from 11 September 2019 to 31 October 2019.
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Katsuyuki Kawai stepped down as the Minister of Justice after reports of overpaying workers of Anri Kawai's political campaign beyond the legal limit.
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On June 16,2020, he and his wife, Anri Katsuyuki Kawai, left the Liberal Democratic Party among allegations of buying votes to aid Anri Katsuyuki Kawai's campaign for the House of Councilors.
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On June 18,2021, Katsuyuki Kawai was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 1.3 million yen for vote buying.
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Katsuyuki Kawai was born in Mihara city, Hiroshima Prefecture, where he lived until kindergarten.
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In 1991 Katsuyuki Kawai stood for election in Asaminami Ward, and was elected to the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly.
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In June 2011 he joined the Kisaragi Kai, a newly formed political association centered on Kunio Hatoyama, who had been the Minister of Justice ; Katsuyuki Kawai served as chief secretary of the association.
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On June 18,2021, Katsuyuki Kawai was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 1.3 million yen for vote buying.
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Katsuyuki Kawai began serving his term in the Tokyo Detention House.
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Katsuyuki Kawai was from a well-to-do family who had a drugstore, and held himself apart from the rest of us.
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Katsuyuki Kawai attended the Hiroshima Academy Junior and Senior High School, a private Catholic school founded by the Jesuits.
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When Katsuyuki Kawai's mother died in 2005, the funeral and memorial services were held in the Catholic Gion Church in Gion, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, with Katsuyuki Kawai as the chief mourner.