2023-12-18 20:37:00
In response to the issue surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's faction's political funding party, Prime Minister Kishida announced that the party would work to restore public trust, including by launching a new framework.
2023-12-18 20:16:00
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Motegi said that in response to the problems surrounding factional political funding parties, the party will consider measures to ensure transparency, including amending the Political Funds Control Act, and will also require the party to make payments for party tickets. indicated the idea of changing to bank transfer.
2023-12-18 19:08:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding parties of factions of the Liberal Democratic Party, the accounting managers of the Abe faction and the Nikai faction, in response to voluntary questioning by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department, both recorded a portion of the party's income in their political funding income and expenditure reports. Through interviews with related parties, it has been newly learned that one of the Abe faction's accounting officers admitted that he had not done so, and explained that he "knew that it had to be included in the income and expenditure report." I did. It is suspected that the Abe faction and the Nikai faction systematically did not include a portion of their party income in their income and expenditure reports, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department appears to be working to uncover the facts.
2023-12-18 19:04:00
At a meeting on the 18th, the Council of Experts, which is considering the form of the Science Council of Japan, presented a draft interim report stating that it would be desirable for the council to be independent from the government and for membership selection to be carried out autonomously. In response to this, the Cabinet Office has indicated that it will proceed with consideration of legislation to make it an independent organization.
2023-12-18 18:10:00
Regarding the increase in construction costs for the Osaka/Kansai Expo venue, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi stated that construction work has already begun and there are no plans to reduce the scale, adding that it would be an unnecessary burden on the public. We have indicated a policy of striving for rationalization to prevent this from occurring.
2023-12-18 17:59:00
Prime Minister Kishida met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, who is visiting Japan, and confirmed that they would cooperate in responding to North Korea, which launched a ballistic missile on the morning of the 18th, and also agreed to strengthen cooperation in the security field. In order to advance this, we agreed to establish a new consultation at the vice-ministerial level of the defense minister.
2023-12-18 17:25:00
In response to the problems surrounding parties for political funds held by factions of the Liberal Democratic Party, Political Affairs Research Chair Nagatsuma of the Constitutional Democratic Party says that the standard for the amount of money that can be included in political funds income and expenditure reports when party tickets are purchased should be lowered. I showed my thoughts.
2023-12-18 16:52:00
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Motegi said that in response to the problems surrounding factional political funding parties, the party will consider measures to ensure transparency, including amending the Political Funds Control Act, and will also require the party to make payments for party tickets. indicated the idea of changing to bank transfer.
2023-12-18 16:51:00
A ``national-local consultation forum'' was held where the government and six local organizations exchanged opinions, and Prime Minister Kishida announced his intention to decide on a ``Children's Future Strategy'' that aims to strengthen countermeasures against the declining birthrate by the end of this week. He called on local governments to cooperate in making this a reality.
2023-12-18 15:16:00
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Motegi said that in response to the problems surrounding factional political funding parties, the party will consider measures to ensure transparency, including amending the Political Funds Control Act, and will also require the party to make payments for party tickets. indicated the idea of changing to bank transfer.
2023-12-18 11:21:00
At a meeting with the leaders of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) on the morning of the 18th, Prime Minister Kishida strongly criticized North Korea's ballistic missile launches, calling them a clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions and threatening peace and stability in the region. He called for cooperation in future responses.
2023-12-18 06:14:00
Prime Minister Kishida is planning to appoint successors to Political Affairs Research Chairman Hagiuda and others on the 22nd in response to the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. The opposition party has decided to continue pursuing the situation, saying that the lack of accountability has not changed.
2023-12-18 05:29:00
A summit meeting between Japan and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) will be held in Tokyo on the 18th in order to realize the vision for decarbonizing Asia advocated by Prime Minister Kishida. It is expected that the direction of cooperation and support utilizing Japanese technology will be confirmed.
