Japan’s Slush Fund Scandal Unlikely To Take LDP Down With PM Kishida – OpEd

By EAF editors

Public discontent with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is palpable over a slush fund scandal involving at least 970 million yen (US$6.5 million) in unreported income from political fundraising parties held by LDP factions.

The Kishida cabinet’s approval...