Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, replaced two of its executives Friday following a political fundraising scandal involving the party's largest faction. Former education minister Kisaburo Tokai became new policy chief, succeeding Koichi Hagiuda who offered to resign last week when Kishida replaced four Cabinet…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida replaces two executives of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party following a political fundraising scandal involving the party's largest faction.
Japan is going through a "once in a generation" political crisis, analysts say, as the government fights to clean up its image in the face of a corruption scandal.
Japan's prosecutors have asked former top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno and other executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction to submit to voluntary questioning over a political funds scandal, according to sources close to the matter.