A Japanese House of Representatives member who belongs to a ruling party faction led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida faces growing calls from fellow lawmakers to explain himself over a magazine report that he went out for drinks with an 18-year-old girl and gave her 40,000 yen ($300).
A House of Representatives member from a ruling party faction led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida quit the party Friday over a magazine report that he went out for drinks with an 18-year-old girl and gave her 40,000 yen, party sources said. The drinking age in Japan is 20, and…
Independent Lower House lawmaker Goshi Hosono who had long hoped to join the ruling Liberal Democratic Party was accepted membership in the LDP on Friday.
With the inauguration of Fumio Kishida as Prime Minister and the departure of Toshihiro Nikai as secretary-general, the LDP power balance has shifted dramatically.