Kishida may pay a price, but has handled LDP scandal shrewdly

Kiyoteru Tsutsui is the Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi professor of Japanese studies at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University and director of its Japan program. He is also a professor of sociology at the university and deputy director of the center.

Addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress two weeks ago, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cracked a joke about how he has rarely received such a warm welcome from the Diet back in Tokyo.