Japan: Four cabinet ministers quit over fundraising scandal

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Four cabinet ministers in Japan quit on Thursday over a fundraising scandal involving the ruling party’s most powerful faction.

More than 500m yen (£2.8m; $3.4m) is alleged to have ended up in slush funds over a five-year period through 2022.

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Tokyo prosecutors have also launched a corruption probe, Nikkei reported.

It is the latest blow to Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s increasingly unpopular government, whose approval ratings have plunged.

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