Opposition Pressures PM to Resign over Voucher Issue; ¥100,000 Gifts Seen as Inappropriately Excessive (Update 1)

The Yomiuri Shimbun
10:37 JST,
March 14, 2025
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba handed out gift certificates worth ¥100,000 to 15 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, it has been learned. Ishiba admitted to what a media report said on the matter late Thursday night, but he denied the gifts were illegal. He repeated that denial on Friday, but opposit...
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