Japanese business circles have expressed hope for more accountability and stronger leadership to ensure economic growth, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday dissolved the House of Representatives for a snap election. Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, the nation’s biggest business lobby, said the recent slush fund scandal in Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party is “highly regrettable from the viewpoints of governance and transparency over political funds.” “We hope politicians make further efforts to regain trust from the public,” he said at a press conference M…