Kato may quit as chief of LDP faction over scandal

Kato may quit as chief of LDP faction over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Koichi Kato walks into his office in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki on March 7. Kato has signaled his readiness to resign as head of his LDP faction if his onetime secretary is arrested in a tax evasion case.

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