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Japan PM Kishida sacks son as secretary, as partying scandal detracts from his G-7 summit highs
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (right) with his eldest son Shotaro, who lasted just seven months in his job as the Prime Minister’s executive secretary.
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TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been brought down to earth just a week after hailing the Group of Seven (G-7) Hiroshima summit as a resounding success, with the event pageantry failing to translate into an expected boost in opinion poll ratings.
The result: Mr Kishida’s eldest son Shotaro, 32, was on Monday unceremoniously given the sack as the Prime Minister’s executive secretary in charge of political affairs. He lasted just seven months in the job.
