The recently revealed distribution of gift certificates by Ishiba has fueled public distrust that had been already growing over his government’s handling of revisions to the budget for next fiscal ...

(Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is being criticized for distributing gift certificates to 15 first-year lawmakers in his party in a scandal shaking his already ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that his office handed out gift vouchers to rookie Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers but maintained that the practice does not pose ...