Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida replaced four of his cabinet ministers on Thursday, in a bid to contain the fallout from a kickbacks scandal that has rocked his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The scandal involves dozens of LDP lawmakers, mostly from the faction of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who allegedly received unreported funds from party fundraising events. The …

Japan – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida indicated that border restrictions would begin to be lifted this summer, which is something that many of us have been looking forward to hearing. The statement was made during a press conference in London on May 5, according to Kyodo News, where Kishida made the announcement. Despite the fact that we do not …