Places tied to scandal-hit LDP faction may be searched in coming days

Prosecutors may start searching locations related to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest political group in the coming days, following its embroilment in a fundraising scandal, a source familiar with the matter said Sunday.Questioning of the faction's lawmakers has already begun on a voluntary basis, as the prosecutors are looking into allegations that it failed to declare hundreds of millions of yen of fundraising party revenue in political funding reports, with the money going to faction members.The scandal has hit Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, resulting in the repl…READ FULL ARTICLE