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Japan's Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday informed the opposition bloc that a senior member of the faction formerly led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would attend a special committee to probe a political funds scandal that has rocked the ruling party. The LDP said a lawmaker of another…
Five Lower House members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party intend to explain to the Diet chamber’s ethics panel about hundreds of millions of yen that went unreported within the party, sources said.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will acquiesce to an opposition demand and convene a session of the Diet’s ethics panel over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s political funds scandal, sources said.
Tokyo prosecutors indicted a former ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker on Friday for allegedly failing to report millions of yen in political fundraising revenue, concluding an investigation into a slush fund scandal that has rocked the party led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The indictment of House of Representatives member…