With suspicions growing over large amounts of unreported cash from fund-raising parties, factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party agreed to not stage such lucrative events for the time being.
Amid an uproar from the opposition bloc, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Nov. 22 ordered five factions in his Liberal Democratic Party to clearly explain corrections made to their income and expenditure reports.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was grilled in parliament over allegations that his and four other major factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have underreported their incomes from fundraising parties.