Shinzo Abe became the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history on Wednesday, but his record-breaking tenure is being overshadowed by a new political scandal. Abe, 65, who began his second term as prime minister in 2012, is being accused of using a publicly funded cherry blossom viewing party as an election campaign event, according to the Asahi Shimbun and other Japanese news services. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday ...