Kishida to overhaul scandal-hit cabinet

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he plans to announce cabinet changes on Thursday amid mounting pressure triggered by political fundraising scandals and expressed his intention to lead the efforts for recovery of trust.

"We are continuing to adjust the details of personnel changes and plan to announce them tomorrow," Kishida said at a news conference on Wednesday.

Some cabinet members and senior party officials from Seiwaken, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, previously led by the late former prime minister Shinzo Abe, are suspected of failing to report hundreds of millions of yen in revenue from ticket sales for party fundraisers.