Ishida Reshuffle News Today

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to replace four ministers, including the top government spokesman, as early as Thursday over their alleged involvement in a political fundraising scandal centering on the ruling party's largest faction, government sources say.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to keep Toshimitsu Motegi as his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's secretary general and Taro Aso as vice president in an expected reshuffle Wednesday of the Cabinet and party executives, sources familiar with the matter says.