Japan’s PM under fire over son’s ‘paid’ sightseeing trips while on duty overseas

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The Japanese PM's eldest son, Mr Shotaro Kishida, was alleged to have visited tourist hot spots at the expense of taxpayers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida came under continued fire from the opposition camp on Tuesday over allegations that his son used taxpayers’ money for sightseeing trips overseas while on official duty.

The allegations have dealt a further blow to the already slumping approval ratings for Mr Kishida’s Cabinet, following a number of high-profile ministerial resignations over funding scandals, gaffes and links to a shady religious organisation. According to local media polls last December, the prior controversies led to the approval ratings dropping to around the 30 per cent mark, the lowest level since Mr Kishida launched his Cabinet in October 2021, below the level of what has historically been the harbinger of the end of a prime minister’s tenure.

 

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