Japan PM Fumio Kishida 'to sack deputy finance minister' over delinquency on tax payments

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Report of Kenji Kandas firing comes in the backdrop of poll by broadcaster FNN which shows approval rating for Kishidas cabinet reaching a record low of 27.8%, 7.8 points below last month...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to sack a deputy finance minister, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday, after the official last week admitted to media reports that he had been delinquent on tax payments in the past...

State Minister of Finance Kenji Kanda, who is in charge of government bonds and monetary policy, would be the third to leave a ministerial post in just two months since Kishida reshuffled his cabinet to improve tumbling public approval ratings...

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