Japanese government loses third minister in a month

Terada answers questions from reporters at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Nov 20, 2022. - AFP

TOKYO (AFP): Japan's internal affairs minister resigned Sunday (Nov 20) over a series of campaign finance scandals, becoming the third member of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet to step down in less than a month.

Minoru Terada quit over allegations of mismanagement of political funds. He had acknowledged to parliament that his local campaign group had even listed a dead person as its treasurer in annual financial statements.