A high-ranking lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday brushed off the recent scrutiny over connections between the Unification Church and his party members following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
"Frankly speaking, I don't really know what the problem is," Tatsuo Fukuda, chairman of the General Council, the decision-making organ of the Liberal Democratic Party, said during a press conference.
The LDP has recently come under pressure by the opposition camp regarding its links and possible collusion between its lawmakers and the religious group formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.