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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hasn't been able to claw back his approval ratings with his response to the slush fund scandal, creating a race in the LDP to replace him as leader.
The convening of the Diet’s Deliberative Council on Political Ethics to question Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers over the scandal concerning slush funds amassed by the ruling party’s factions is merely a first step toward regaining the public s trust in politics.
Few people doubt that being a successful politician requires money. But how that cash is used by elected officials is in the spotlight again because of the funding scandal embroiling the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.