Day 1,679: indict, sack, dog, unfazed

Since news of the wrongdoing broke in November, ten people associated with the ldp, including three lower-level parliamentarians, have been indicted in a wide-ranging criminal probe. Four cabinet ministers have been sacked.

Minor scandals and unpopularity have since dogged his government, even as he has pursued ambitious policies, including major reforms to Japanese security policy. Apparently unfazed by his worsening ratings, Mr Kishida defied the many sceptics who questioned his staying power.

Japan’s ruling party is in crisis

Artwork of the day 
Brittany landscape with women carrying sack
Paul Gauguin
Date: 1889; France
Style: Post-Impressionism
Period: Breton period
Genre: landscape
Media: oil, canvas

Word of the day 
indict: If a law court or a grand jury indicts someone, it accuses them officially of a crime
sack: to remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them:
dog: to follow someone closely and continuously:
unfazed: not surprised or worried:

Quote of the day
“I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”

― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces