Japan prosecutors raid ruling party offices over kickback scandal

Japanese prosecutors raided two faction offices of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Tuesday as part of an investigation.

Kishida last week sacked four ministers, including the top government spokesman and the ministers of economy and industry over failure to report political funds as required by law. All four ministers were from the LDP faction.

 LDP secretary general described the raids as extremely regrettable, said at a press conference that the party will take necessary measures while observing the fate of the investigation. Prosecutors have begun interviewing officials in charge of accounting in the factions and will begin interviewing dozens of lawmakers, the reports said.