The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday declined a request from senior party lawmaker Ryu Shionoya to review a penalty given to him over a high-profile political funding scandal. Hiroshi Moriyama, chair of the LDP’s General Council, told reporters that the party decided there were no grounds to review the penalty against Shionoya. No faults
The de facto leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s largest faction filed a request Friday for a review of a recommendation that he leave the party over a political fundraising scandal. Ryu Shionoya, who serves as chairman of the faction formerly led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told reporters that the recommendation
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering imposing severe punishments on four of its senior members over their involvement in a political funds scandal, with non-endorsement in elections among the possible penalties, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday. The four members in question are former education minister Ryu Shionoya, former LDP policy chief Hakubun
TOKYO(Kyodo)–Japanese prosecutors have questioned former economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on a voluntary basis over a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s largest faction, sources close to the matter said Saturday. The faction, formerly led by slain Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is alleged to have failed to declare hundreds of millions of yen