Japan’s reconstruction minister resigned on Tuesday over alleged financial improprieties, becoming the fourth minister to depart Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet in just three months. Shortly after Akiba’s resignation, a controversial ruling party member serving as a parliamentary vice minister for internal affairs and communications also stepped down. “I feel responsible that a minister has resigned,” Kishida told reporters after Akiba’s departure. In October, the minister for economic revitalisation resigned over allegations of ties to the Unification Church. Kishida said he had no immediate plan to reshuffle his cabinet.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2022 07:45 UTC