Japan's ruling party set to lose 3 seats in special vote, seen as rebuke for corruption scandal

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party, stung by an extensive slush funds scandal, appeared to have lost all three seats in Sunday's parliamentary by-elections, according to media exit polls and preliminary results.

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