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The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is focusing on possible tax evasion to continue attacking factions in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party over their unreported political funds.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party came under fire for asking only two questions in a survey that is supposed to reveal details of a political fund scandal that have eluded even prosecutors.
Japan’s dependence on oil from the Middle East has risen to a record level at a time when global oil markets are haunted by Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. may have to pay massive compensation for damaging the sales of Japanese seafood due to discharging treated radioactive water into the ocean if China’s import ban stays in place.