Political funds scandal brings election defeat to Japan s Liberal Democratic Party - Asia News NetworkAsia News Network asianews.network - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asianews.network Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Prosecutors made several indictments on Jan. 19 over the funding scandal in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, but none of the suspects was a political heavyweight.
KARATSU, Saga Prefecture A hole surrounded by concrete penetrates a mountain here, part of a project once touted by politicians as a potential symbol of unity between Japan and South Korea.
Independent Lower House lawmaker Goshi Hosono who had long hoped to join the ruling Liberal Democratic Party was accepted membership in the LDP on Friday.