Otsu mayoral election: Incumbent Kenji Sato elected for second time
2024-01-21 23:58:00
The Otsu mayoral election was a contest between an incumbent and a newcomer, with incumbent Kenji Sato (50) winning his second term.
Political News(2024/01/21)
Otsu Mayoral Election Incumbent Kenji Sato is certain to win for the second time
2024-01-21 23:03:00
The Otsu mayoral election was a contest between an incumbent and a newcomer, with incumbent Kenji Sato (50) now certain to win his second term.
Ishikawa Prefecture Governor Hase receives 8.19 million yen kickback from Abe faction, not included in report
2024-01-21 22:55:00
Governor Hase of Ishikawa Prefecture received a total of 8.19 million yen in kickbacks from the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, to which he belonged, during the five years he served as a member of the National Diet, but he did not record this in his political funds balance report. I made it clear and apologized.
Ritmin Representative Izumi: ``I will not tolerate the LDP's slush fund structure'', calls for subpoena of parliamentarians as witnesses
2024-01-21 19:22:00
In response to the incident involving a political funding party organized by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, Izumi, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, stated, ``We must not tolerate the LDP's slush fund structure,'' stating that the party received kickbacks from the faction and did not record it in its income and expenditure report. He expressed his intention to continue requesting the subpoena of members of Congress as witnesses.
Kyoto City mayoral election announcement: After incumbent retires, newcomers compete for the first time in 16 years
2024-01-21 18:34:00
The Kyoto mayoral election due to the expiration of the term of office was announced on the 21st. This is the first time in 16 years that the current incumbent will be retiring, and the competition will be between newcomers.
Prime Minister Kishida: ``We will make restoring trust in politics our top priority''
2024-01-21 15:56:00
In response to the incident surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Kishida stated on BS TV Tokyo's "NIKKEI Sunday Salon" broadcast on the 21st that restoring trust in politics was his top priority and that he would revise the Political Funds Control Act. We emphasized the idea of tackling such issues.
Political funding incident: Liberal Democratic Party Chairman Moriyama “Efforts to restore public trust”
2024-01-21 15:07:00
In response to the incident surrounding a faction's political funding party, Liberal Democratic Party Chairman of the Board Moriyama emphasized that the party must not forget the basic idea that politics belongs to the people, and that the party will work to restore the trust of the people.
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Motegi “Revises the political funding law to create a system in which politicians will also be held accountable”
2024-01-21 14:00:00
In response to the incident surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, Secretary-General Motegi said on NHK's "Sunday Debate" that the Political Funds Control Act will be amended and politicians will be held responsible in the event of malicious accounting practices. He expressed a positive outlook on introducing it.
Political funding incident: Ruling and opposition parties debate over factions and accountability Sunday debate
2024-01-21 12:52:00
In response to the incident involving a political funding party by a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, NHK's ``Sunday Debate'' stated that the Liberal Democratic Party is considering taking drastic corrective measures under the leadership of the party to prevent the faction from being seen as a group for money and personnel. I showed it. On the other hand, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan insisted that the main premise is that executives of the problematic factions fulfill their accountability.
Kyoto City Mayor's Election Announced Today: Newcomers will compete for the first time in 16 years
2024-01-21 06:00:00
The Kyoto City mayoral election due to the expiration of the term of office will be announced on the 21st. Due to the retirement of the incumbent, it is expected that this will be the first time in 16 years that the competition will be between newcomers.
