Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has reprimanded former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and three other lawmakers for walking out before last week's vote on a bill to cut the consumption tax for two years from April.Ishiba, who was succeeded by Sanae Takaichi as LDP president and prime minister in October last year, became the first former party leader to face disciplinary action, LDP Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki told a press conference.The other three lawmakers who walked out ahead of Friday's House of Representatives plenary vote were former LDP election strategy chief Yuko Obuc…READ FULL ARTICLE
