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Tokyo, Dec 13 (EFE).- The head of political strategy of the Japanese ruling party, an important position in the country’s political fabric, will resign due to his alleged connection with financing and tax irregularities, local media reported Wednesday. The planned resignation of Koichi Hagiuda, leaked by media such as the public broadcaster NHK, is the …
The “slush fund” of the Abe faction in the ruling party ballooned to about 500 million yen ($3.4 million), and most faction members received kickbacks from the accumulated money, investigative sources said.
The ax will fall on four Cabinet ministers belonging to the largest faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Dec. 14, a high-ranking government official said.
Tokyo, Dec 11 (EFE).- Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, faced with an illicit financing scandal in his party allegedly involving senior cabinet officials, said Monday that he would adopt “the appropriate response” regarding the replacement of charges. “I see that doubts are spreading about politics and possible fraud and I take it with a feeling …