Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida replaced four of his Cabinet ministers Thursday in an effort to contain the damage from a widening slush fund scandal that has shaken his governing party and his grip on power within it.
The shakeup is Kidhida's third of his Cabinet, whose support ratings have continued to drop to new lows. The scandal involves the Liberal Democratic Party's largest and most influential faction. It used to be led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022.
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