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Political News(2024/06/08)
Liberal Democratic Party Chairman Moriyama “Of course it is natural to lower the standard amount for party tickets”
2024-06-08 17:58:00
Regarding the bill submitted by the Liberal Democratic Party to revise the Political Funds Control Act, Chairman of the Board of Internal Affairs and Communications Moriyama stated that it was natural to further lower the threshold for disclosing the purchasers of party tickets based on Komeito's arguments. He expressed his desire to pass the bill in the current Diet session and restore public trust.
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Proposed amendment to the Political Funds Control Act: Secretary-General of the Democratic Party says, “Policy activity expenses are inadequately designed.”
2024-06-08 15:43:00
Concerning the revision of the Political Funds Control Act, Constitutional Democratic Party Secretary-General Okada criticized the bill submitted by the Liberal Democratic Party as having an inadequate system design for "policy activity expenses" as the biggest problem, and said that he would not allow it to be debated in the House of Councilors. He expressed his intention to press for revisions through this process.
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Deputy Governor Aso ``avoids reforms that will leave behind problems even if enacted'' to amend the Political Funds Control Act
2024-06-08 14:33:00
Regarding the revision of the Political Funds Control Act, Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Aso has expressed his intention to enact the bill submitted by the party during the current Diet session, but has also called for greater transparency, saying that politics requires a certain amount of funding. However, he emphasized the need to avoid reforms that would leave behind problems for the future.
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Spring recruitment exam ratio for career bureaucrats is lowest on record; competition with the private sector is fierce
2024-06-08 10:35:00
More than 1,900 people passed this spring's recruitment exam for so-called "career bureaucrats," a decrease from last year. The test magnification was 7x, a record low.
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This year's "Traffic Safety White Paper" drafted to strengthen measures to prevent accidents among the elderly
2024-06-08 06:16:00
The draft for this year's "Traffic Safety White Paper" has been finalized. In light of the increasing number of fatal accidents caused by elderly drivers, we will strengthen measures to prevent accidents, such as encouraging the voluntary surrender of driver's licenses as necessary.
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Amendment to the Political Funds Control Act: ``Delaying ensuring transparency is unacceptable''
2024-06-08 06:04:00
Substantive deliberations on the bill submitted by the Liberal Democratic Party to amend the Political Funds Control Act will begin in the House of Councilors from the beginning of next week. The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan says that it is unacceptable to postpone the design of a system to ensure the transparency of "policy activity expenses," and is calling for clarification.
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Re-arrested Tsubasa Party representatives chased other factions for 3km
2024-06-08 05:08:00
Three people, including representatives of the political group Tsubasa no Toi, were arrested again on the 7th for disrupting the election campaign for the Tokyo 15th Ward of the House of Representatives by-election, including by chasing the election cars of other camps. The camp was tracked by representatives for 3 kilometers and was ultimately forced to evacuate to a police station, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the actual act of sabotage.
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