The office of former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida distributed gift vouchers worth 100,000 yen ($670) each to parliamentary vice ministers during a 2022 meal gathering with the then-premier, ruling party sources said Wednesday, fueling speculation that gift-giving is a common practice among lawmakers in power.The revelation comes as Kishida's successor, incumbent Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, faces scrutiny over his own distribution of vouchers worth 100,000 yen each as tokens of "appreciation" to new lower house members of the Liberal Democratic Party, which has been reeling from a politic…READ FULL ARTICLE
