Japan PM's son to resign after public outrage over private party at official residence
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his son is resigning as his policy secretary to take responsibility for using the prime minister’s official residence for a private party at which the merrymaking was exposed in magazine photos that triggered ... TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday his son is resigning as his executive policy secretary to take responsibility for using the prime minister’s residence for a private party at which the merrymaking was exposed in magazine photos that triggered public outrage . Shotaro Kishida, his father’s executive secretary for political affairs and eldest son, invited a group of people including relatives to a year-end party on Dec. 30 at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence. Photos published by the weekly Shukan Bunshun magazine showing Kishida's son and his relatives posing on red-car Pet ed stairs in an imitation of the group photos taken of newly appointed Cabinets, with his son at the center — the position r...