Japan's ruling party to punish 39 over political funds scandal

Two leaders of former Abe faction could be asked to leave party

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has faced rock-bottom approval ratings since his ruling party became engulfed in a fundraising scandal. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)

MASAYA KATO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering telling two veteran members ensnared in a fundraising scandal to leave the party and disciplining 37 others as embattled Prime Minister Fumio Kishida seeks to put the matter behind him.

"We intend to make strict decisions based on their moral and political responsibility, including whether they fulfilled the role the public expects of them as senior faction members," Kishida, who is also the LDP president, said Monday.

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