TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is being criticized for distributing gift certificates to 15 first-year lawmakers in his party in a scandal shaking his already weak grip on power.

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru discarded his pinstripes and his stiff demeanour to go cool and casual at the Tokyo Girls Collection on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Ishiba also met met Miyaku ...