Three senior LDP officials resign amid Japan's political funds scandal

TOKYO, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Three heavyweight members of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) resigned from party leadership posts on Thursday amid a political funds scandal involving the party's largest faction, local media reported.

The LDP's policy chief Koichi Hagiuda, parliamentary affairs chief Tsuyoshi Takagi and Upper House Secretary-General Hiroshige Seko tendered resignations on the day, a