TOKYO -- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, the top spokesman for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, faces growing pressure to step down over allegations that he had concealed fundraising income.
Scandal reaches Matsuno, PM Kishida's right-hand man, in new blow to government

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, with Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno at a lower house budget committee meeting. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)
TOKYO -- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, the top spokesman for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, faces growing pressure to step down over allegations that he had concealed fundraising income.