TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will shake up his cabinet this week, the government’s top spokesman said Tuesday, as public support plummets after a series of scandals.

Abe himself has faced claims he used influence to help a friend in a business deal, an accusation he denies, while the country’s defense minister resigned last week following a controversy over military documents.

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