, anri kawai.secutors on tuesday indicted hiroshi tatemichi a secretary for anri what kay and shinsuke takaya. they're seeking to nullify anri kawai's win based on guilt by association. the two men are suspected of playing the anri's campaign staffers double the legal limit last year. hiroshi tatemichi has admitted to the charges. the hiroshima district court h s been asked to rule on it. if one of the aides is convicted and the court recognizes the secretary and the campaign manager for anri kawai she could lose her diet seat. the couple both belong to the ruling liberal democratic party. anri's election campaign received strong support from prime minister shinzo abe. following the indictments anri kawawai apolologized for c caus public concern and said she'll closely watch how the trial proceeds. >>> fair weather prevails here in the greater tokyo area. here with more on localal and international conditions is jonathan oh. >> hi, james. yeah, we still had a brereezy d and it was relatively dry he

anri's husband is longtime lawmaker and former justice minister katsuyuki kawai. secretary was also arrested on the same accusation. prosecutors have raided the couple's offices both in tokyo and in their home constituency. they are investigating whether the couple instructed their stafaff to make the paymenents. the former justice minister stepped down from his cabinet post after media broke the story last octctober. they issued statemements on tuesday apologizing for causing concern. they s say they are willlling t cooperate with investigators but will not comment any further on the case. >>> it's time now for world weather with our meteorologist sayaka mori. hello, sayaka. >> hello, owe shi. >> how warm did it get in japan? >> lasast three months warmest december to february period. in fact, over 100 spots of the country experienced the warmest winter in recorded history that includes kyoto. the daily average temperature during that period was 7.6 degrees, that's 2 degrees higher than normal. that's very unusual. that's very unprecedented. and tokyo experienced

i am a descent of the kawai in oklahoma. my great-grandmother and great-grandfather were sooners there. i kind of wonder, we don't hear too much about too many tribes any more. and i was wondering how they fare in this modern age still in the oklahoma territory there? >> mr. gover? >> as it happens, i'm from oklahoma. i grew up around many kawai people. i have comanche relatives. to see what has happened in the state of oklahoma in the 40, 45 years since i've lived there is really quite remarkable. so when i was there, i was fully aware, of course, that there were a lot of native american people there, and that there were a lot of tribes and i learned in oklahoma history how they all came to be in oklahoma from the various parts of the country. but out in civic life, in political life, the economic life of the state, indians were invisible. that's not the case any more. and now we see many of the tribes are thriving economically. they are among the largest employers in the state of oklahoma, and many of them are the largest