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Former ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Mito Kakizawa pleads guilty to allegations of illegal campaign financing related to a Tokyo ward election last April.
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kentaro Sonoura resigns as a lawmaker after being accused of underreporting political funds, delivering a fresh blow to Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of a string of local elections next spring.
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kentaro Sonoura resigns as a lawmaker after being accused of underreporting political funds, delivering a fresh blow to Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of a string of local elections next spring.
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).