Proposals by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's reform panel, which chose not to recommend an end to the controversial faction system, are unlikely to restore public faith that was undermined by a major ongoing slush fund scandal involving the interparty blocs.
Several lawmakers of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party expressed their intention to leave their factions on Friday, as the latest political funds scandal continues to rattle the ruling force. Three House of Councillors executives decided to depart from their faction, headed by LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi, one day after the…
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is set to approve proposals to reshape its governance system that stop short of urging the dissolution of factions despite a political funds scandal involving some of its intraparty groups.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday approved internal reform proposals that stopped short of demanding the dissolution of its factions, following a political funds scandal involving some of the intraparty groups. An interim report compiled by the party's reform panel, presided over by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, pledged to…