Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he has forced his son to resign as his executive policy secretary after his son used the prime minister's residence for a private party, prompting public outrage, newswires said Tuesday.
Photos published by the weekly Shukan Bunshun news magazine showed Kishida's son, Shotaro, and other relatives posing on the residence's red-carpeted stairs, imitating the group photos of newly appointed cabinets, at a yearend party on December 30. Shotaro Kishida was standing in the center — the position normally reserved for the prime minister.
Other photos showed guests lying on the stairs and standing at the residence's podiums as if holding a news conference. Shotaro, his father's executive secretary for political affairs and eldest son, will be replaced with another secretary, Takayoshi Yamamoto.
