kawai katsuyuki is a sitting member of the japanese diet's lower house.is wife andi was elected to the upper house last year. it's understood more than ten people admitted to receiving money from either katsuyuki or his wife during her campaign. prosecutors are expected to pursue have a criminal case against the couple. the kawais have expressed their intention to retain their positions in the diet claiming they have not done anything illegal. this comes as the hiroshima district court handed down a suspended prison sentence of 18 months to kawai's undersecretary on tuesday, charged with paying her campaign workers more than legally allowed. prosecutors could file a lawsuit seeking to nullify kawai on the election win based on the guilt by association provision. >>> street vendors in china have faced restrictions as authorities push to modernize, but now they're catching a break with local governments trying to give the economy a badly-needed boost while minimizing the risk of coronavirus infection. nhk has moore. >> reporter: this is becoming n increasin

prosecutors arrested kawai and his wife kawai anri for allegedly giving out $240,000 to more than 90eople. they say the couple was trying to secure votes for anri in the upper house election last july which she won. the scandal prompted an apology hours after their arrest from prime minister abe shinzo. who appointed katsuyuki as justice minister. the kawais have reportedly denied doing anything illegal. >>> a senior u.s. defense official says washington and tokyo are still looking at a land-based missile defense system. japanese officials said monday they were halting the plan to introduce two units of the system called aegis ashore. a u.s. official overseeing indo-pacific security affairs, deploying the system would strengthen the u.s. japan alliance. he added the u.s. understands japan is trying g to find a coc effective alternative. the system is dedesigned to shs down ballistic missiles in outer space. japanese officials say revamping the system would be too costly and time consuming. japan's defense minister says the change of plans may mean that the national defense program gu