A reform panel of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will propose introducing a system enabling the party to request a faction to disband if found violating the political funds control law, sources close to the matter said Monday. In its interim report, expected to be released later this week, the panel will also recommend that
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Friday to disband the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s fourth-largest faction that he led until last month, in order to restore public trust amid a deepening political funds scandal. In a sign of a possible larger impending shake-up of the party’s system of factions, former LDP Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai,
Japanese prosecutors on Friday indicted several individuals from three factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, including one formerly led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, over a political fundraising scandal that has sent shockwaves through the party. The prosecutors indicted without arrest a lawmaker and an accountant from the largest faction previously headed by the
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been driven into a corner, as prosecutors are now poised to build a case against a former accountant of the ruling party’s faction he used to lead over a political fundraising scandal. Since the revelations about secret slush funds came to light late last year, Kishida, who heads the
Japanese prosecutors will build a case against a former accountant of a ruling Liberal Democratic Party faction, previously led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in connection with a political fundraising scandal, sources close to the matter said Thursday. The prosecutors have been investigating several LDP factions amid allegations that they failed to report revenue from
A Kyodo News survey released Sunday shows that 86.6 percent of respondents back tougher political funds control laws in Japan amid a fundraising scandal embroiling the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. A total of 61.6 percent were also dissatisfied with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s handling of a magnitude-7.6 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday started discussions to review rules for making the handling of political funds by its factions more transparent, in the wake of an ongoing secret slush money scandal that has shaken the LDP. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who heads the LDP, held the “political reform” panel’s first meeting, with
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been compelled to rely more on former Prime Minister Taro Aso, called a “kingmaker” by critics, to maintain his administration amid a political fundraising scandal involving his Liberal Democratic Party. The move underscored that Kishida’s political influence has been plunging as more LDP lawmakers have begun to doubt his
Japanese prosecutors have questioned senior members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s largest faction, including former top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno, on a voluntary basis over a political fundraising scandal, sources close to the matter said Monday. The faction, formerly led by slain Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is alleged to have failed to declare hundreds
The largest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is suspected of having misappropriated revenue from fundraising parties to support upper house election campaigns for years, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday. The faction had returned to lawmakers running for House of Councillors elections all revenue from sales of fundraising tickets they sold