Funds has come under scrutiny. She has faced questioning in the diet by opposition lawmakers about payments for events held for supporters in 2010 and 2011. Political funds reports from two support organizations in obuchis constituency show that payments made to hold the events far exceeded money collected from participants. Opposition lawmakers say the groups also failed to issue any political funds report for a similar event held in 2012. Hours after obuchi resigned the Justice Minister tendered her resignation. Translator im extremely sorry for delaying National Politics and for troubling the japanese people through my recent words and actions. Matsushima said the cabinet faces various challenges, including reviving the japanese economy. She said shes resigning to avoid slowing down the work. Matsushima has come under fire for distributing handheld fans at a festival in her electoral district. Members of the opposition say the act constituted a donation and violates the election law
Funds has come under scrutiny. She has faced questioning in the diet by opposition lawmakers about payments for events held for supporters in 2010 and 2011. Political funds reports from two support organizations in obuchis constituency show that payments made to hold the events far exceeded money collected from participants. Opposition lawmakers say the groups also failed to issue any political funds report for a similar event held in 2012. Hours after obuchi resigned the Justice Minister tendered her resignation. Translator im extremely sorry for delaying National Politics and for troubling the japanese people through my recent words and actions. Matsushima said the cabinet faces various challenges, including reviving the japanese economy. She said shes resigning to avoid slowing down the work. Matsushima has come under fire for distributing handheld fans at a festival in her electoral district. Members of the opposition say the act constituted a donation and violates the election law
Inaugurated as the president of indonesia, three months after being elected. Japanese government leaders say theyll send officials overseeing the abduction issue to north korea. And they expect the delegation will be given a detailed explanation about the norths probe into the fate of japanese abductees. Chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga told the group will visit pyongyang soon. He says theyre still working with their north Korean Counterparts on a timetable for the trip and he says they havent ruled out the possibility of a visit this month. Translator we want to make the investigation go forward. We would like to express our stance that resolving the abduction issue is the most important task. We will directly ask questions to the person in charge of north koreas special Investigation Committee. We have decided it is worthwhile to go to pyongyang to hear the latest details on the investigation. Suga says the delegation will likely be made up of the people currently involved in t
And soccer supporters in brazil are scoring points off the pitch by cleaning up trash after matches, an idea they picked up from japanese fans. Japans Prime Minister has signaled he wants to move forward. Shinzo abe has named two new cabinet ministers hours after two stepped aside. Abe appointed yuko obuchi and Midori Matsushima last month when he reshuffled his cabinet. They were among five women he appointed. But the ministers quit amid questions over their political activities. The Prime Minister said he is responsible for appointing them and would quickly choose replacements to avoid slowing down the government. Abe is hoping to refocus attention on work related to his policy goals. He wants to pass bills aimed at revitalizing local economies and womens advancement. He regards them as the Top Priorities of his administration. But the head of the Opposition Party says that abe should take responsibility for the quick departures. Executives of seven opposition parties are going to qu
Fumio Kishida is in trouble. Japan’s Prime Minister is dealing with the lowest approval ratings since his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) returned to power in 2012 – support rates so low that they have typically destroyed other leaders.