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Mito Kakizawa, a lawmaker indicted on charges of vote-buying and conducting illegal campaign activities in a mayoral election in Tokyo, submitted his resignation to the Lower House speaker on Feb. 1.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Jan. 26 indicted Lower House member Yoshitaka Ikeda and an aide on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law (giving false statements).
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s reform plan, thrown together in response to a political funding scandal, falls far short of tackling the core problems behind the scandal.