Democratic Party of Japan executives failed Monday to agree to pursue a Diet resolution demanding that party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa testify before the Lower House Ethics Panel over his political funds scandal.
DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada instead told reporters he will once again meet with Ozawa to try and persuade him to testify before the Council on Political Ethics.
In Monday's formal meeting of top party executives, Okada had hoped to get the green light to propose and pass a Diet resolution at the ethics panel.