Japanese Prosecutors Make Their First Arrest in the Fundraising Scandal Sweeping the Ruling Party

Japan's Lower House member Yoshitaka Ikeda, rear right, poses for a photograph with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, bottom left, as he is sworn in as vice-education minister at Kishida's office in Tokyo, on Nov. 11, 2021. Kyodo News via AP

TOKYO—Japanese prosecutors made their first arrest Sunday in connection with a major political slush fund scandal that has rocked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s already unpopular government.

Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office said in a statement it apprehended former vice-education minister Yoshitaka Ikeda on suspicion of failing to report fundraising proceeds he received from his faction within the governing Liberal Democratic Party.