Japanese vice minister quits as PM Kishida's ratings slide

Masatoshi Akimoto, Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, looks at the route maps of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project site and Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) site, at Kalupur Railway Station in Ahmedabad, India, May 5, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese ruling party member of parliament resigned from his post as a deputy minister on Friday after allegations that he accepted bribes from a wind power company, dealing another setback to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Tokyo prosecutors raided the office of ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto on suspicion that he took bribes amounting to tens of millions of yen, according to public broadcaster NHK.