thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to establish rules to enhance the transparency of factions within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party following a political fundraising scandal involving its largest policy group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/04/japan/politics/kishida-vows-rules-faction-transparency/?utm_content=buffer78ff1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #fumiokishida #politicalfunds #shinzoabe

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed Monday to put Japan at the forefront of global affairs in a "tense" 2024 that will see several important events, including the U.S. presidential election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/01/japan/politics/prime-minister-fumio-kishida-new-years-2024/?utm_content=buffer3bdcf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #ldp #politicalfunds #fumiokishida #corruption #japaneseeconomy

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Japanese prosecutors are considering building criminal cases in January against accountants of two factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party over a political fundraising scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/31/japan/politics/ldp-fundraising-criminal-charges/?utm_content=buffer395c0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #ldp #politicalfunds #fumiokishida #corruption #ldp

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

The move comes as the Japanese prime minister tries to shore up his political foothold following allegations an LDP faction created a massive slush fund in recent years through undeclared revenues earned from fundraising parties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/31/japan/politics/kishida-latin-america-visit/?utm_content=buffer19547&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #fumiokishida #brazil #politicalfunds #ldp #latinamerica

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

The Kishida administration faces heavy storms in 2024: an ongoing political funding scandal, tough questions around Japan's economic policy and an LDP presidential race. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/31/japan/politics/japan-policy-outlook-2024/?utm_content=bufferc8964&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #ldp #politicalfunds #fumiokishida #corruption #taxes #japaneseeconomy

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Public prosecutors have questioned former industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on a voluntary basis over the slush funds scandal that is rocking the biggest faction of the country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/30/japan/politics/nishimura-questioned-fund-scandal/?utm_content=buffer0d156&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #yasutoshinishimura #meti #ldp #politicalfunds #corruption

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Public prosecutors raided lawmaker Yasutada Ono's local office in the city of Hashima, Gifu Prefecture, on Friday over slush funds allegations involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/29/japan/crime-legal/ldp-ono-office-raided/?utm_content=buffer15c47&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #ldp #politicalfunds

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Upper House member Yasutada Ono on Thursday became the second Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker to have his offices searched by prosecutors in connection with a political funds scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/28/japan/crime-legal/ldp-ono-raid-scandal/?utm_content=buffer2dbb5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #ldp #yasutadaono #politicalfunds

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Japan grapples with a once in a generation political crisis as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ties to navigate the funds scandal fallout. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/27/japan/woman-japan-politics/?utm_content=buffer90354&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #japan #yokokamikawa #ldp #politicalfunds #shinzoabe #fumiokishida

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Tokyo prosecutors raided the home and offices of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yoshitaka Ikeda on Wednesday, the latest development in a deepening political slush fund scandal that has shaken the world of Japanese politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/27/japan/politics/ikeda-raid/?utm_content=buffer9fc49&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #yoshitakaikeda #ldp #corruption #politicalfunds

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi has vowed to tackle growing public distrust in politics "with a sense of crisis" following a political funds scandal involving factions in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/27/japan/politics/chief-cabinet-secretary-interview/?utm_content=buffer05a21&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #yoshimasahayashi #cabinet #politicalfunds #wages #usbases #northkorea

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has vowed to improve transparency of funds from political fundraising parties in response to the slush funds scandal at factions of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/27/japan/politics/prime-minister-political-funds-scandal/?utm_content=buffer4bc76&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #fumiokishida #politicalfunds

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

The Abe faction as we know it will likely cease to exist, but the Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyukai, its formal name, is likely to live on under a different name and new leadership. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/26/japan/abe-faction-doomed/?utm_content=bufferf056b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #japan #ldp #politicalfunds #shinzoabe

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Multiple secretaries of lawmakers belonging to the Abe faction said during voluntary questioning that the omissions of reports regarding kickbacks were based on the faction's instructions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/25/japan/abe-faction-failed-to-withdraw-kickbacks/?utm_content=buffer06a89&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #ldp #politicalfunds #hirokazumatsuno #shinzoabe

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

With investigations into an LDP political funds scandal in full swing, Yoshimasa Hayashi started his new job as chief Cabinet secretary in a prudent manner. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/24/japan/politics/hayashi-maneuvers-thru-chief-cabinet-secretary-job/?utm_content=bufferc2f75&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #yoshimasahayashi #fumiokishida #ldp #hirokazumatsuno #politicalfunds

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

A faction of the LDP headed by former Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai is believed to have also compiled a list of kickbacks given to its members after they sold fundraising tickets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/24/japan/politics/nikai-faction-suspected-of-logging-kickbacks/?utm_content=buffer77bb5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #ldp #toshihironikai #corruption #politicalfunds #shinzoabe #elections

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

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. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/24/japan/crime-legal/japan-ldp-faction-misusing-funds/?utm_content=bufferff1d3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #ldp #politicalfunds #fumiokishida #shinzoabe #elections #corruption

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Fumio Kishida has attempted to draw a line under a political funds scandal by replacing LDP executives and Cabinet ministers, but the limited number of viable candidates not suspected of misconduct means the new appointees look more likely to be stopgap replacements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/22/japan/politics/ldp-executives-shakeup/?utm_content=buffer7640d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #ldp #politicalfunds #fumiokishida

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has tapped two veteran lawmakers to replace key Liberal Democratic Party executives belonging to a faction caught up in a political slush fund scandal, in an attempt to clean house and restore public trust. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/21/japan/politics/ldp-policy-chief-tokai/?utm_content=buffer0658c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #ldp #fumiokishida #politicalfunds #kisaburotokai

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Don’t dismiss these political funding revelations as minor. The crisis in Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet could rewrite Japanese governance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/21/japan/important-japan-scandal/?utm_content=buffer434bb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #japan #ldp #fumiokishida #pr #politicalfunds

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

A new imperative for Japanese politicians in 2024 is to embrace proactive public relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/20/japan/japan-politics/?utm_content=buffer9a40c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #japan #ldp #fumiokishida #pr #politicalfunds

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

The LDP's largest faction is on the verge of collapse amid a leadership crisis and the possibility of an exodus of members in the wake of an unfolding political funds scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/19/japan/politics/abe-faction-possible-collapse/?utm_content=bufferc402f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #ldp #politicalfunds

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation squad searched the biggest faction, once led by late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and another led by former LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai, amid a spiraling political funds scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/19/japan/politics/prosecutors-search-ldp-factions/?utm_content=bufferd72d5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #ldp #politicalfunds

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Ten or more of the 99 lawmakers in the LDP's largest faction are suspected of receiving over ¥10 million each in kickbacks from fundraising-party revenues and failing to record the money. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/17/japan/ldp-kickbacks/?utm_content=buffer33e87&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #fumiokishida #politicalfunds #ldp

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

The support rate for Prime Minister Kishida's Cabinet fell to a low of 22.3% while that for the ruling LDP slid below 30% for the first time since it returned to power more than a decade ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/17/japan/politics/kishida-support-rate-hits-fresh-low/?utm_content=buffer82f5f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #fumiokishida #cabinet #surveys #politicalfunds #ldp