Factions within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party have been financially struggling since the LDP stopped offering donations to them in 2010, their balance reports showed, apparently prodding them to rely on fundraising events to procure money.
Former Prime Minister Taro Aso is set to defy pressure to dissolve his faction within the Japanese ruling party, sources close to the matter say, as other intraparty groups, including one led by the incumbent Fumio Kishida, have decided to disband amid a scandal over fundraising.