黒川検事長、与党に辞任論　緊急事態下、賭けマージャンか―週刊文春が報道

　東京高検の黒川弘務検事長（６３）が新型コロナウイルスに関する緊急事態宣言の発令下に賭けマージャンをしていた疑いがあると週刊文春が２０日、電子版で報じた。与党内で進退を問う声が出ており、公明党の石田祝稔政調会長は記者会見で「事実であれば職務を続けられる話ではない」と批判、辞任を要求した。
　自民党の閣僚経験者も「取り締まる側が、賭けマージャンをやっていたとなるともう持たない。近く辞めざるを得ないだろう」と語った。事態が黒川氏の辞任に発展した場合、特例的に同氏の定年延長を決めた安倍政権の責任が厳しく問われることになりそうだ。
　これに関連し、菅義偉官房長官は記者会見で「事実関係については詳細を承知しておらずコメントは差し控えたい。法務省で適切に対応する」と述べるにとどめた。
　文春報道によると、黒川氏は今月１日に産経新聞記者宅に約６時間半滞在。朝日新聞社員も交えて翌日未明までマージャンをし、記者が用意したハイヤーで帰宅したとされる。１３日もマージャンをしたとの証言も掲載。同誌が事実確認を求めたのに対し、黒川氏は口を開かなかったという。（2020/05/20-20:03）

Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office head Hiromu Kurokawa faced a weekly magazine allegation on Wednesday that he played mahjong for money earlier this month in disregard for Prime Minster Shinzo Abe's state-of-emergency declaration and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's stay-at-home request to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
   In the wake of the online report by the Shukan Bunshun news magazine, Noritoshi Ishida, policy head of Komeito, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's coalition partner, demanded at a press conference that Kurokawa resign, saying, If (the report) is true, he cannot continue his duties."
   "Kurokawa will have to quit shortly," said an LDP member who was a cabinet minister. "It's unforgivable for the person who is supposed to crack down on illegal gambling to play mahjong for money."
   In the opposition camp, Jun Azumi, parliamentary affairs chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, told reporters, "It's impossible for him to fulfill his duties as superintendent public prosecutor."
   The magazine article said Kurokawa visited a Sankei Shimbun reporter's home on May 1 and played mahjong as a betting game with others including an employee of the Asahi Shimbun, another major Japanese daily, until the small hours of the following day. The prosecutor was also alleged to have played mahjong on May 13, during the coronavirus emergency.