On Sunday, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sacked his Home Affairs Minister for financial irregularities, bringing the total to three ministers dismissed in a month, Japanese television NHK announced.

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Minoru Terada, has been accused of various accounting and financial irregularities, having acknowledged in one case that one of his supporter groups presented accounting records bearing the signature of a dead person.

According to NHK, quoted by Lusa, Kishida summoned Terada and forced the minister to resign.

Asked last week about Terrada's possible resignation, the Prime Minister did not defend the Home Affairs Minister, saying that he would make his own decision.

In recent days, Minoru Terada has guaranteed that he has not broken any laws, promised to rectify accounting issues and shown determination to remain in office, but MPs have argued that a minister of internal affairs - whose job it is to oversee political funds - having problems with financing is too serious an issue and have demanded his resignation.

Press polls also showed that the majority of respondents supported Terada's resignation.

His resignation is yet another blow to Kishida's government, already shaken by scandals such as the Liberal Democratic Party's close ties to the Unification Church, which is accused of "brainwashing" followers into making large donations, often ending up separating families who don't agree with the situation.

Economic Revitalization Minister Daishiro Yamagiwa resigned on October 24 after facing criticism for his failure to explain his ties to the Unification Church, setting off what has become known as a "domino of resignations" by the Kishida government.

Terada's departure comes just 10 days after Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi was also forced to resign due to a statement in which he said that his job is unattractive and only becomes news when he signs a death warrant.

Kishida's delay in dismissing the Justice Minister also provoked criticism, as it forced him to postpone his trip to three Asian summits, and was seen as indecisive and lacking in leadership.