By TAKAHIRO OKUBO/ Staff Writer
March 19, 2024 at 17:36 JST
Hakubun Shimomura, a former education minister, speaks at the Lower House Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on March 18. (Pool)
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will not dissolve the Lower House and call a snap election before he puts a money scandal to rest involving lawmakers in his ruling Liberal Democratic Party. [Read More]
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