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Three high-ranking Japanese government ministers have thrown in the towel amidst a whopping 500 million yen (124 million baht) corruption scandal.
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the stalwart ruling force in the world’s third-largest economy, is now grappling with the fallout from allegations that could reshape the nation’s political future.
In a seismic blow to the political establishment, three top-tier Japanese government ministers tendered their resignations today, December 14, in the wake of a colossal corruption scandal enveloping the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The controversy centres around jaw-dropping kickbacks amounting to 500 million yen within the party that has dominantly governed Japan’s formidable economic engine for decades.
Economy and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, Internal…
