Japan’s main opposition party submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet on Thursday in response to the enactment of a revised political funds control law which has been criticized for failing to improve financial transparency in politics. The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted the motion which is expected to be supported
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party submitted its own bill to amend the political funds control law to parliament on Friday, after its junior coalition partner rejected its proposals to strengthen rules related to money in politics. The Komeito party and the opposition camp have expressed doubt about whether the bill would do enough to enhance
Parliamentary hearings in Japan to probe a political funds scandal, which has rattled the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, are set to be held for two days from Wednesday, lawmakers said, with five key LDP lawmakers agreeing to participate. The ruling and opposition camps will formally decide on Monday the format of the political ethics committee
House of Representatives member Yaichi Tanigawa, indicted over slush fund allegations involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s largest faction, resigned as a lawmaker on Wednesday. Tanigawa, who belonged to the faction formerly led by late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has tendered his resignation after last week facing a summary indictment for violating the political funds
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