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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to be grilled over a political fundraising scandal that has continued to rattle the LDP as Japan's parliament convenes for a 150-day ordinary session that lasts until June. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/26/japan/politics/diet-starts-funds-scandal/?utm_content=bufferc4f94&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The LDP's reform report, which downgrades factions to "policy groups," risks leaving unpleasant repercussions inside the party, having been put together after just two weeks of debate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/25/japan/politics/ldp-factions/?utm_content=buffer07486&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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With only a few days left before the opening of the next session of parliament on Friday, the debate over the future of Liberal Democratic Party factions amid a political funds scandal is reaching a peak this week — with no sign of a broad consensus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/23/japan/politics/faction-dissolvement/?utm_content=buffer3573f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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A reform panel of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party will propose the introduction of a system enabling the party to request that a faction disband if it is found to have violated the political funds control law, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/22/japan/politics/faction-disband-funds-law-violation/?utm_content=bufferf5750&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s sudden announcement late last week of his plan to dissolve his political faction in order to restore public trust in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party — and his own administration — appears to be a gamble that has failed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/22/japan/politics/ldp-factions-kishida-popularity/?utm_content=buffer142c8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Reform is in the air with the dissolution of three LDP factions, including the Kishida's. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/01/22/japan/ldp-factions-dissolved-reform/?utm_content=bufferd910f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Some in Japan's ruling LDP say tougher funds laws are needed — not an end to factions — signaling Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may face headwinds in his attempt to forge a united front in his response to a fundraising scandal roiling the party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/21/japan/politics/ldp-funds-scandal-factions/?utm_content=buffere27fc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The record-low public support rate for the Liberal Democratic Party in recent polls has sent shockwaves through Japan's ruling party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/20/japan/politics/shockwaves-ldp/?utm_content=buffer0a550&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has taken the risky gamble of dissolving his Liberal Democratic Party faction in a bid to shore up rock-bottom public support for his Cabinet amid a political funds scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/20/japan/politics/kishida-ldp-faction-focus/?utm_content=bufferce347&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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A day after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced his intention to dissolve the faction of the Liberal Democratic Party he led previously, turmoil within the party continues with calls made to also disband the Abe faction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/19/japan/politics/abe-kishida-factions-dissolution/?utm_content=buffer349a9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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An ongoing probe into an LDP political funds scandal will likely culminate in the indictment of factions' clerical staff over the underreporting of revenues, while party heavyweights emerge largely unscathed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/18/japan/politics/political-funds-scandal/?utm_content=buffer51f28&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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A funding scandal is ripping through the LDP, with some calling to abolish the party's factions. That would be a mistake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/01/16/japan/ldp-factions-funding-scandal/?utm_content=buffere83a4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Faced with soaring calls for more transparency in political funding amid an ongoing high-profile scandal, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has turned to discussions over a potential dissolution of intraparty factions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/17/japan/politics/ldp-faction-debate/?utm_content=buffer1b6bd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Seven leaders of the LDP's Abe faction will not be prosecuted over a political slush funds scandal because investigators have decided that proving a criminal conspiracy between them and the group's treasurer is too difficult, according to Japanese media reports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/16/japan/politics/abe-faction-leaders/?utm_content=buffer8463f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan's parliament will convene a 150-day ordinary session from Jan. 26, lawmakers said Tuesday, with revelations related to a secret slush fund scandal still likely plaguing the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/16/japan/politics/japan-parliament-session-schedule/?utm_content=buffer34a23&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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A Kyodo News survey released Sunday shows that 86.6% of respondents back tougher political funds control laws in Japan amid a fundraising scandal embroiling the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/14/japan/kyodo-poll-political-funds/?utm_content=buffer1e0e2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Prosecutors are unlikely to build a criminal case against key members of the largest faction of the LDP in connection with a political fundraising scandal rocking the party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/14/japan/crime-legal/prosecutors-abe-faction-bigwigs/?utm_content=bufferd413e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has started discussions to review rules for making the handling of political funds by its factions more transparent, in the wake of an ongoing scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/12/japan/politics/ldp-reform-panel-first-meeting/?utm_content=buffer94262&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Arrested lawmaker Yoshitaka Ikeda is suspected of having instructed his secretary and others to dispose of data and materials related to fundraising party tickets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/09/japan/politics/yoshitaka-ikeda-data-disposal-allegation/?utm_content=bufferba762&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Data storage media that prosecutors seized when searching offices of arrested lawmaker Yoshitaka Ikeda were found to have been damaged, sources said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/08/japan/crime-legal/yoshitaka-ikeda-storage-media-damaged/?utm_content=buffer5147e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Yoshitaka Ikeda became the first lawmaker arrested in the latest political fundraising scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, further blurring Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's political fate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/08/japan/politics/ldp-lawmaker-arrest-focus/?utm_content=buffer9d213&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #yoshitakaikeda #ldp #fumiokishida #politicalfunds #diet

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Lower House lawmaker Yoshitaka Ikeda — suspected of having taken more than ¥40 million from slush funds created by the LDP faction formerly led by late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — was arrested Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/07/japan/crime-legal/ldp-ikeda-arrest/?utm_content=bufferdecde&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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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. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/07/japan/politics/prime-minister-kishida-relying-aso/?utm_content=buffer9450e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Tokyo prosecutors have questioned the former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Toshihiro Nikai, on a voluntary basis over a widening political funds scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/06/japan/politics/nikai-questioned-fund-scandal/?utm_content=bufferb221a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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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

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