Japan PM's LDP loses 3 Diet seats to main opposition amid scandal

Voting gets underway for by-elections to fill three vacant seats in Japan's House of Representatives, with the popularity of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida having plunged due to a slush funds scandal that has eroded public trust in his Liberal Democratic Party.

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