Political News(2024/01/31)
Export of defense equipment to third countries “Prime Minister persuades Komeito” Liberal Democratic Party meeting
2024-01-31 23:48:00
At a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party held on the 31st regarding whether to allow the export of defense equipment jointly developed with other countries to third countries, Prime Minister Kishida asked the Komeito Party, which had been taking a cautious stance, to change its stance towards approval. There were many opinions that we should meet with Representative Yamaguchi and try to persuade him.
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Nishimura, acting chairman of the country committee, apologizes for not mentioning it, but continues to serve as acting country committee chairman
2024-01-31 23:32:00
Nishimura, acting chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction, issued a statement apologizing for causing distrust in politics due to the incident surrounding the faction's political funding party. He also expressed his intention to continue serving as the acting chairman of the National Diet Countermeasures Committee.
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Political funding issue: Two parliamentary vice-ministers of Abe's party decide to resign and replace them Government
2024-01-31 22:44:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction's political funding party, Takuro Komori, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and Ryuho Kato, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, who belong to the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction, resigned after new income that was not recorded in the income and expenditure report was revealed. Did.
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Ritsumeikan: “Political reform must be realized in this Diet session” Requesting cooperation from Meiji Restoration
2024-01-31 21:45:00
In response to the incident surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan requested the cooperation of the Japan Restoration Party, stating that it is necessary to implement political reform in the current Diet session.
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Liberal Democratic Party former political affairs research chairman Shimomura apologizes for political funds but does not consider resigning or leaving the party
2024-01-31 21:02:00
Shimomura, the former chairman of the Political Affairs Research Institute who served as the secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction, held a press conference and apologized for causing distrust in politics due to the incident surrounding the faction's political funding party. He also explained that he has no plans to resign or leave the party.
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House of Representatives Budget Committee: The ruling and opposition parties agree to begin substantive deliberations on the new fiscal year budget bill from February 5th.
2024-01-31 20:56:00
The House of Representatives Budget Committee, which deliberates on the new fiscal year's budget bill, announced at a board meeting on the 31st that the Liberal Democratic Party would conduct an investigation into political funding parties among its members and submit the results to the Diet. agreed to begin substantive deliberations on the budget bill from February 5th.
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Plenary session of the House of Representatives: Prime Minister ``considers response'' as RDP pursues political funding issue
2024-01-31 19:44:00
At the plenary session of the House of Representatives from the 31st, representatives from each party began questioning Prime Minister Kishida's policy speech. Izumi, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, urged the resignation or departure of members involved in the issue regarding political funding parties of the Liberal Democratic Party faction, but Prime Minister Kishida ascertained the facts through interviews with the parties involved. Based on this, he indicated that he would consider responding.
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Liberal Democratic Party Abe faction corrects political funds balance report ``sincere apologies''
2024-01-31 19:27:00
On the 31st, the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction corrected its political funds balance report in response to the incident surrounding the faction's political funding party, stating, ``We apologize for causing the public mistrust in politics and causing inconvenience and worry.'' I sincerely apologize.''
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Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Komori and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kato resign due to political funding scandal
2024-01-31 19:21:00
In response to the issue surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction's political funding party, Takuro Komori, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and Ryujo Kato, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, who belong to the faction, have decided to resign. The government is hurrying to arrange a successor.
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Liberal Democratic Party Abe faction corrected income and expenditure report for three years until October 2019
2024-01-31 19:13:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the largest faction, the Abe faction, ``Seiwa Policy Research Group'', has revealed that it had unrecorded party income of over 435 million yen in the three years up to the year before 2019. On the 31st, we revised the political funds balance report. In addition, an additional 427 million yen in donations from factions to members of the Diet and former members of the Diet, which were not listed, was also added.
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Political funding issue: Two parliamentary vice-ministers of Abe's party decide to resign and replace them Government
2024-01-31 19:09:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction's political funding party, Takuro Komori, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and Ryuho Kato, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, who belong to the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction, resigned after new income that was not recorded in the income and expenditure report was revealed. Did.
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Six members of the Liberal Democratic Party Mogi faction, including Chairman Sekiguchi of the House of Councilors, resign.
2024-01-31 19:04:00
In response to issues surrounding the LDP's faction's political funding party, six members of the Mogi faction, including House of Councilors Chairman Sekiguchi, resigned on the 31st.
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Liberal Democratic Party Abe faction corrects political funds balance report ``sincere apologies''
2024-01-31 18:57:00
On the 31st, the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction corrected its political funds balance report in response to the incident surrounding the faction's political funding party, stating, ``We apologize for causing the public mistrust in politics and causing inconvenience and worry.'' I sincerely apologize.''
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Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kato submits resignation as 100,000 yen income is not listed on income and expenditure report
2024-01-31 17:36:00
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ryuho Kato, who belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction, released a comment on the 31st, saying that he had not recorded 100,000 yen of income in his political organization's income and expenditure report. announced that he had submitted his resignation.
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Representative Shoji Nishida to be appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications and Representative Masanao Ozaki to be appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
2024-01-31 17:18:00
Regarding the replacement of the two Parliamentary Vice-Ministers who submitted their resignations due to issues related to the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the government has decided to appoint Shoji Nishida, a member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party, as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and to appoint Shoji Nishida, a member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party, as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. *We have decided to appoint Masao Zaki and a member of the House of Representatives.
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Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Komori and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kato resign due to political funding scandal
2024-01-31 15:58:00
In response to the issue surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction's political funding party, Takuro Komori, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and Ryujo Kato, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, who belong to the faction, have decided to resign. The government is hurrying to arrange a successor.
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Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Motegi “We will respond carefully so as not to affect the Diet deliberations”
2024-01-31 15:53:00
Executives of the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito held a meeting, and Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Motegi responded carefully to the incident surrounding the faction's political funding party by interviewing relevant members and taking other steps to avoid affecting Diet deliberations. I told him my thoughts.
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Liberal Democratic Party Abe faction corrected income and expenditure report for three years until October 2019
2024-01-31 15:33:00
Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the largest faction, the Abe faction, the Seiwa Policy Research Group, has accused political parties of having unrecorded party income of over 435 million yen in the three years up to the year before 2019. I have corrected the fund balance report. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department has revealed that the Abe faction's accounting director received a total of 675.03 million yen in party income over the five years up to 2017, according to the faction's political funds income and expenditure report. He is being prosecuted at home for failing to fill in the required information.
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Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Komori and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kato resign due to political funding scandal
2024-01-31 15:14:00
In response to the issue surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction's political funding party, Takuro Komori, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and Ryujo Kato, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, who belong to the faction, have decided to resign. The government is hurrying to arrange a successor.
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Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Komori submits resignation due to 700,000 yen of income not being listed on income and expenditure report
2024-01-31 15:00:00
Takuro Komori, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, who belongs to the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, has submitted a letter of resignation after failing to record 700,000 yen in income in the income and expenditure report of the branch of the political party he represents over the faction's political funding party. revealed.
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Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Komori and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kato resign due to political funding scandal
2024-01-31 13:36:00
In response to the issue surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction's political funding party, Takuro Komori, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and Ryujo Kato, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, who belong to the faction, have decided to resign. The government is hurrying to arrange a successor.
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Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Komori and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kato resign due to political funding scandal
2024-01-31 12:49:00
In response to the issue surrounding the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction's political funding party, Takuro Komori, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and Ryujo Kato, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, who belong to the faction, have decided to resign. The government is hurrying to arrange a successor.
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Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Komori and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kato resign due to political funding scandal
2024-01-31 11:23:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announced that Takuro Komori, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tatsuyoshi Kato, both members of the Liberal Democratic Party's Abe faction, have informed him of their intention to resign. The reason seems to be the issue surrounding Abe's political funding party.
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Introducing "joint custody" Ministry of Justice plans to submit a bill to revise the Civil Code, etc. in the current Diet session
2024-01-31 06:34:00
Regarding raising children after divorce, the Legislative Council's subcommittee has compiled a draft outline centered on the introduction of ``joint custody,'' which grants custody of children to both father and mother. The Ministry of Justice plans to submit a bill to revise the Civil Code and other laws to the current Diet session with the aim of enacting it.
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National Diet: Representatives from each party respond to questions: RDP is poised to press the Liberal Democratic Party to fulfill its political responsibilities
2024-01-31 06:19:00
Representatives from each party will begin questioning Prime Minister Kishida's policy speech on the 31st. While the Liberal Democratic Party presents Prime Minister Kishida with a concrete schedule for political reform and urges him to begin work as soon as possible, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is fulfilling its political responsibilities by disposing of all members involved in the political funding issue. I'm prepared to press on.
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