TOKYO - Fresh evidence emerged Friday pointing to a long-standing controversial practice among Japanese premiers from the Liberal Democratic Party of distributing gift certificates to party lawmakers, with a lower house member of the party saying he received vouchers after being elected in 2012 when Shinzo Abe was premier.
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