Political News(2024/01/18)
Liberal Democratic Party Nikai Faction Political Funds Income and Expenditure Report Correction: 3 years of party income, etc.
2024-01-18 22:44:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Nikai faction ``Shijikai'' corrected its political funding balance report, stating that it had unrecorded party income of about 136 million yen in the three years up to the year before yesterday. Did. Additionally, a total of 65.33 million yen was added as donations from the faction to seven members of the Diet, including former secretary-general Nikai, who serves as the faction's chairman, and former members of the Diet. The Nikai faction is suspected of failing to record party income of more than 200 million yen in the faction's political fund income and expenditure report over the five years up to and including the past three years, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department is currently investigating. .
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Liberal Democratic Party Nikai Faction Political Funds Income and Expenditure Report Correction: 3 years of party income, etc.
2024-01-18 21:53:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Nikai faction ``Shijikai'' corrected its political funding balance report, stating that it had unrecorded party income of about 136 million yen in the three years up to the year before yesterday. Did. The Nikai faction is suspected of failing to record party income of more than 200 million yen in the faction's political fund income and expenditure report over the five years up to and including the past three years, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department is currently investigating. .
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“Considering disbanding the Kishida faction” announced by Prime Minister over political funding party issue
2024-01-18 21:28:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of the Liberal Democratic Party's faction, Prime Minister Kishida decided to dissolve the Kishida faction, taking into account that the "Koike-kai" (Kishida faction), of which he was the chairman, had not recorded its income and expenditure report. announced that it is considering.
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“Considering disbanding the Kishida faction” announced by Prime Minister over political funding party issue
2024-01-18 20:55:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of the Liberal Democratic Party's faction, Prime Minister Kishida decided to dissolve the Kishida faction, taking into account that the "Koike-kai" (Kishida faction), of which he was the chairman, had not recorded its income and expenditure report. announced that it is considering.
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“Considering disbanding the Kishida faction” announced by Prime Minister over political funding party issue
2024-01-18 20:09:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of the Liberal Democratic Party's faction, Prime Minister Kishida decided to dissolve the Kishida faction, taking into account that the "Koike-kai" (Kishida faction), of which he was the chairman, had not recorded its income and expenditure report. announced that it is considering.
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Komei considers setting up a third-party organization to supervise political funds; also introduces “co-cooperation system”
2024-01-18 20:05:00
In response to the problems surrounding political funding parties of factions of the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Komeito Party is considering establishing a third-party organization to supervise political funding, and members of the Diet will also be held responsible if there are false entries in income and expenditure reports. They announced a reform plan that included the introduction of a "co-seating system."
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Ministry of Defense signs contract to purchase up to 400 US cruise missiles “Tomahawk”
2024-01-18 19:45:00
The Ministry of Defense has officially signed a contract to purchase up to 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles, which can also be used for counterattack capabilities that can attack enemy missile launch sites. Half of the weapons, 200, are scheduled to be acquired and deployed in fiscal 2025, one year earlier than originally planned.
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Political funding: Representative Yasumasa Ohno to be indicted at home; Representative Yaichi Tanikawa to be indicted on summary charges.
2024-01-18 19:41:00
In a case involving a party for political funds held by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department indicted the accounting managers of the Abe and Nikai factions on the 19th on charges of making false statements in violation of the Political Funds Control Act, and indicted the accounting managers of the Abe and Nikai factions at the time of the Kishida faction. Through interviews with people involved, we learned that the company has decided to file a summary indictment with a fine for the accounting officer. It is also expected that House of Councilors member Yasumasa Ohno, who is said to have received a large amount of kickbacks from Abe's faction, will be indicted at home, and House of Representatives member Yaichi Tanikawa will be formally indicted.
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Communist Party Chairman Shii replaced; Tomoko Tamura announced as new chairman
2024-01-18 19:40:00
At the party convention, the Communist Party announced the appointment of Tomoko Tamura, chair of the policy committee, as the new chair, with Shii being replaced as chair. This is the first time that a woman has been appointed as the chairman of the Communist Party.
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Democratic Party of Japan Political funding party is “only political parties and branches” reform proposal
2024-01-18 19:32:00
In response to the issue surrounding parties for political funds held by factions of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Japan has implemented reforms that include the restriction that only political parties and political party branches can hold parties for political funds, and that political groups such as factions are prohibited from holding parties for political funds. I have put together a proposal.
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Nikai's former secretary-general's secretary considers filing a case for violation of the Political Funds Control Act
2024-01-18 19:31:00
In a case involving a party for political funds held by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the office of Toshihiro Nikai, the former secretary-general who is the chairman of the Nikai faction, did not remit more than 30 million yen in party income to the faction over the five years up until the year before, and the former secretary general The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department is considering filing a case against Nikai's former secretary-general for making false statements in violation of the Political Funds Control Act, for not recording the income as income in the political funds income and expenditure report of his political organization. We found out through interviews with the people involved.
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Prime Minister Kishida supports recovery and reconstruction through a wide range of measures, exchanges opinions with affected local governments
2024-01-18 19:22:00
Prime Minister Kishida exchanged opinions with the heads of local governments affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, and discussed support measures for rebuilding the lives of disaster victims, which will be formulated by the end of this month, including a wide range of measures ranging from restoring infrastructure to reviving local industries. We conveyed the idea of supporting recovery and reconstruction by incorporating the following.
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Former Deputy Minister of Justice Kakizawa released on bail with bail set at 6 million yen, charged with violating the Public Elections Act
2024-01-18 19:20:00
Deputy Minister of Justice Mizuaki Kakizawa, who was charged with bribery in violation of the Public Offices Election Act, was released on bail on the 18th in connection with the Koto Ward mayoral election in Tokyo held in April last year.
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Senior Japanese, US, and South Korean officials in charge of North Korea issues hold talks in Seoul, condemning provocations
2024-01-18 19:14:00
High-ranking officials from the three countries in charge of North Korea issues, Japan, the United States, and South Korea, held talks, and in light of North Korea's increasing level of provocation, they decided to develop deterrence capabilities, including security cooperation. We confirmed that we will continue to work closely together to strengthen these areas.
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Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare: Insurance premium reduction/exemption to support disaster victims; reduced revenue will be fully borne by the government
2024-01-18 19:07:00
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is asking local governments to reduce or exempt insurance premiums such as National Health Insurance as a support measure for the victims of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, and the government is expected to bear all of the lost revenue.
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Communist Party Chairman Shii replaced; Tomoko Tamura announced as new chairman
2024-01-18 18:58:00
At the party convention, the Communist Party announced the appointment of Tomoko Tamura, chair of the policy committee, as the new chair, with Shii being replaced as chair. This is the first time that a woman has been appointed as the chairman of the Communist Party.
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Prime Minister Kishida: “The omission was a clerical error. I will refrain from commenting on the investigation.”
2024-01-18 18:57:00
Prime Minister Kishida said that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department is considering filing a case against the former accounting director of the Kishida faction in a case involving a political funding party run by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. Although he explained that there was an omission and would submit a correction to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the 18th, he also indicated that he would refrain from commenting on the investigation at this stage.
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Communist Party Chairman Shii replaced; Tomoko Tamura announced as new chairman
2024-01-18 18:07:00
At the party convention, the Communist Party announced the appointment of Tomoko Tamura, chair of the policy committee, as the new chair, with Shii being replaced as chair. This is the first time that a woman has been appointed as the chairman of the Communist Party.
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Prime Minister Kishida: “The omission was a clerical error. I will refrain from commenting on the investigation.”
2024-01-18 17:20:00
Prime Minister Kishida said that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department is considering filing a case against the former accounting director of the Kishida faction in a case involving a political funding party run by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. Although he explained that there was an omission and would submit a correction to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the 18th, he also indicated that he would refrain from commenting on the investigation at this stage.
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Communist Party Chairman Shii replaced; Tomoko Tamura announced as new chairman
2024-01-18 17:00:00
At the party convention, the Communist Party announced the appointment of Tomoko Tamura, chair of the policy committee, as the new chair, with Shii being replaced as chair. This is the first time that a woman has been appointed as the chairman of the Communist Party.
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A system that allows any child to attend kindergarten “10 hours a month” Kodomo Ai
2024-01-18 16:22:00
Regarding the ``Every Child's Daycare System,'' which allows parents to leave their children at daycare centers even if their parents are not working, Minister in charge of Children's Policy Kato said that when it is fully introduced from April the year after next, per child per month. They expressed the idea that they would like to be able to use it for at least 10 hours.
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Prime Minister Kishida meets with Representative Komei Yamaguchi and agrees on political reform with strict awareness
2024-01-18 15:42:00
Ahead of the convening of the ordinary Diet session on the 26th, Prime Minister Kishida met with Komeito representative Yamaguchi and announced that he will proceed with political reforms while being conscious of the public's scrutiny in response to the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. We agreed that it was necessary.
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Communist Party Chairman Shii replaced; Tomoko Tamura, policy chairperson, announced as new chairman
2024-01-18 15:10:00
At the party convention, the Communist Party announced the appointment of Tomoko Tamura, chair of the policy committee, as the new chair, with Shii being replaced as chair. This is the first time that a woman has been appointed as the chairman of the Communist Party.
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Communist Party Shii changes chair; policy committee chair Tomoko Tamura to be appointed as new committee chair
2024-01-18 14:10:00
The Communist Party has decided to appoint Tomoko Tamura, chairperson of the policy committee, as the new chairperson, with Chairperson Shii becoming the chairperson. This will be the first time in the party's more than 100-year history that a woman will serve as chairperson of the Communist Party.
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Prime Minister Kishida postpones visit to the US in early March, will reconsider starting in the first half of April
2024-01-18 13:58:00
Regarding his official visit to the United States, Prime Minister Kishida has decided to postpone his official visit to the United States in early March, which was originally planned, and is reconsidering a date in the first half of April, taking into consideration the parliamentary schedules of both Japan and the United States.
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Liberal Democratic Party non-partisan members of parliament launch new group to discuss political reform, etc.
2024-01-18 13:51:00
In light of the problems surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's factional political funding parties, mid-career and young members of the party who are non-partisan within the party have decided to form a new group to discuss political reform and other issues.
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Prime Minister Kishida: “The omission was a clerical error. I will refrain from commenting on the investigation.”
2024-01-18 13:47:00
Prime Minister Kishida said that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department is considering filing a case against the former accounting director of the Kishida faction in a case involving a political funding party run by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. Although he explained that there was an omission and would submit a correction to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the 18th, he also indicated that he would refrain from commenting on the investigation at this stage.
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Liberal Democratic Party Kishida Faction Political Funds Income and Expenditure Report Revised 3 Years Party Income, etc.
2024-01-18 13:42:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's faction's political funding party, the Kishida faction ``Hiroike Policy Research Group'', of which Prime Minister Kishida served as chairman, has revised its political funding balance report for the three years up to the year before 2019. Of this amount, there was 8.96 million yen in party income that was not recorded in 2020.
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Decision to grant bail to former Deputy Minister of Justice Kakizawa; bail set at 6 million yen Tokyo District Court
2024-01-18 13:35:00
The Tokyo District Court has decided to grant bail to Deputy Minister of Justice Mizuaki Kakizawa, who was charged with bribery in violation of the Public Offices Election Act in connection with the Koto Ward mayoral election held in April last year. The bail amount is 6 million yen, which has already been paid, and will be released unless the prosecutor makes a quasi-appeal.
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Decision to grant bail to former Deputy Minister of Justice Kakizawa; bail set at 6 million yen Tokyo District Court
2024-01-18 12:58:00
The Tokyo District Court has decided to grant bail to Deputy Minister of Justice Mizuaki Kakizawa, who was charged with bribery in violation of the Public Offices Election Act in connection with the Koto Ward mayoral election held in April last year. Bail is said to be 6 million yen. If the bail amount is paid and the prosecutor does not file a quasi-appeal, the defendant will be released on bail.
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Last day of the Communist Party convention, resolutions including restructuring of opposition party joint struggle for House of Representatives election adopted
2024-01-18 12:56:00
On the 18th, the last day of the party's convention, the Communist Party adopted a resolution that included the aim of rebuilding the opposition party's joint struggle in preparation for the next House of Representatives election. After this, new executive personnel will be announced in the afternoon.
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Ritsumeikan political funding issue: Not only the accounting officer but also the members themselves are subject to punishment
2024-01-18 12:29:00
In response to the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan opened a ``Political Reform Implementation Headquarters'' and announced that not only the accounting officer but also the members themselves will be subject to punishment if there is a false entry in the income and expenditure report. We confirmed our policy of aiming to revise the law, such as
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Diet: Intensive deliberations on politics and money on the 29th, 4 speeches by the government on the 30th, Liberal Democratic Party and Democratic Party agreement
2024-01-18 12:20:00
Regarding the deliberation schedule for the regular Diet session, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party held intensive deliberations on the themes of politics and money on January 29th, and then delivered four government speeches on the following day, including Prime Minister Kishida's policy speech, on the 30th. We agreed to do it.
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Meiji Restoration Kenji Fujimaki was elected early due to the death of a member of the House of Councilors.
2024-01-18 12:18:00
Due to the death of a member of the House of Councilors of the Japan Restoration Party, it has been decided that former House of Councilors member Takeshi Fujimaki will be elected from the list of proportional representatives for the 2019 House of Councilors election.
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Nikai's former secretary-general's secretary considers filing a case for violation of the Political Funds Control Act
2024-01-18 11:57:00
In a case involving a party for political funds held by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the office of Toshihiro Nikai, the former secretary-general who is the chairman of the Nikai faction, did not remit more than 30 million yen in party income to the faction over the five years up until the year before, and the former secretary general The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department is considering filing a case against Nikai's former secretary-general for making false statements in violation of the Political Funds Control Act, for not recording the income as income in the political funds income and expenditure report of his political organization. We found out through interviews with the people involved.
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Prime Minister Kishida: “The omission was a clerical error. I will refrain from commenting on the investigation.”
2024-01-18 11:19:00
Prime Minister Kishida said that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department is considering filing a case against the former accounting director of the Kishida faction in a case involving a political funding party run by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. Although he explained that there was an omission and would submit a correction to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the 18th, he also indicated that he would refrain from commenting on the investigation at this stage.
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Liberal Democratic Party faction considering canceling political funding party, no personnel adjustments made
2024-01-18 06:34:00
The Liberal Democratic Party is considering ways to clarify the nature of its factions, including canceling political funding parties, ensuring that they do not make personnel adjustments such as recommending ministers, and clarifying the factions as organizations that refine policy.
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Kishida faction to bring charges against then-accounting manager Party income of 30 million yen not listed
2024-01-18 05:22:00
In an incident involving a political funding party organized by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Kishida faction, of which Prime Minister Kishida was the chairman, used approximately 30 million yen of party income actually collected by the faction in the three years up to 2020 to finance the faction's politics. Officials say that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department is considering filing a case against the then-accounting officer of the Kishida faction for making false statements in violation of the Political Funds Control Act. I learned something new through the interview.
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