TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese prosecutors yesterday made the first arrests in a funding scandal that forced Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to replace four ministers last month, local reports said. Ruling party lawmaker Yoshitaka Ikeda, 57, was held on suspicion of violating the political funds control law, Japanese media outlets, including Jiji Press, reported. Ikeda, whose […]
A U.S. military Osprey aircraft has crashed into the ocean near the southern Japanese island of Yakushima with 6 people on board, coast guard officials say.