TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is preparing to replace Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno and three other ministers as early as Thursday over a political fundraising scandal, in the first of two rounds of changes to his cabinet and the ruling party's leadership, senior party officials say.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to carry out a two-stage replacement of top officials ensnared in a fundraising scandal. © Reuters
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