Editorials Feb 4, 2016
The Akira Amari scandal makes yet another case for an overhaul of the loophole-ridden system regulating political donations.
The Akira Amari scandal makes yet another case for an overhaul of the loophole-ridden system regulating political donations.
Funds law no match for wily politicians
Almost every day it seems another politician is making headlines over a money scandal. Four members of embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet — administrative reform minister Genichiro Sata, and farm ministers Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Norihiko Akagi and Takehiko Endo — have been forced from ...