Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, replaced two of its executives Friday following a political fundraising scandal involving the party's largest faction.Former education minister Kisaburo Tokai became new policy chief, succeeding Koichi Hagiuda who tendered his resignation last week when Kishida replaced four Cabinet members from the powerful faction, formerly led by slain Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.Kishida accepted Hagiuda's resignation letter but asked him to remain in his post until the completion of a draft budget for the next fiscal year sta…READ FULL ARTICLE
