朝日新聞社1mon
LDP accountant indicted over unreported assembly funds
The emerging scandal resembles the one in national politics involving slush funds among LDP intraparty factions, including the largest Abe faction, that prosecutors pursued in 2024. The Tokyo ...
朝日新聞社4mon
LDP ridiculed for funding branches led by candidates tied to scandal
The Asahi Shimbun learned that the amount sent by LDP headquarters to each of these branches--20 million yen ($131,200)--is the same as the sum distributed to party candidates who are officially ...
THE WEEK1y
The corruption scandal tearing apart Japan's ruling party
Revelations of undocumented money raised on behalf of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have created the country's "biggest financial scandal in decades", said The Economist. As he struggles to ...
Japan Today7d
PM tells ruling LDP to unite, be humble to bring election success
At an annual party convention in Tokyo, the LDP said it will draw up a new vision for the country by around Nov. 15, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the conservative party which has long held ...
毎日新聞8d
Japan PM tells ruling LDP to unite, be humble to bring election success
The Liberal Democratic Party holds its annual convention in Tokyo on March 9, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday called for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...