The House of Representatives has approved the resignation of Yaichi Tanigawa, a member embroiled in a slush fund scandal involving a political party fundraiser of the Liberal Democratic Party s Abe faction.
Seventy-two percent of voters said dissolution of factions in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will not restore public trust in politics, compared with 19 percent who said it will, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.
By announcing indictments in a funding scandal that has rocked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Tokyo prosecutors effectively signaled Jan. 19 they had wound up their investigation but that might not be the end of it.