Japan’s Kishida to Dissolve His Faction Amid Slush-Fund Woes
- Tokyo prosecutors indict several lawmakers as scandal mounts
- Another major LDP faction led by Nikai also to be dissolved
Fumio Kishida
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to dissolve his political faction after a slush-fund scandal roiling the ruling party spread to his own inner circle and a wave of indictments, renewing pressure on his leadership just as support ratings had started to recover.
“I will dissolve the faction in order to restore the confidence in politics,” Kishida told reporters on Friday.