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POLITICAL FUNDS SCANDAL

JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2016
Kyoto city draws interest for political funds reimbursement system
A Kyoto Prefecture city has drawn interest from other municipalities for its system of reimbursing expenses to elected officials — and a viral video of a bawling politician may be to blame.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2016
Masuzoe drops by Tokyo City Hall in likely final appearance
With little fanfare, scandal-felled Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe visited his office Monday in what is expected to be his final appearance at City Hall after announcing his resignation last week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2015
Opposition assails Abe over Nishikawa resignation
Opposition parties refused Tuesday to convene a scheduled session of the Lower House Budget Committee and instead unleashed a salvo of taunts over the surprise resignation of farm minister Koya Nishikawa the day before.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2015
Farm minister Nishikawa resigns over donation scandal
Farm minister Koya Nishikawa steps down amid questions over political fundraising, the third minister to quit since Shinzo Abe became prime minister in 2012.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2014
Prosecutors raid sites linked to ex-Tokyo Gov. Inose
The investigation into ¥50 million that Naoki Inose received from a major hospital chain leads prosecutors to search locations linked to Tokyo's former governor.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2011
Japan in a European club?
Hitherto unknown and self-styled "loach" Yoshihiko Noda must learn to swim in an ocean of problems as Japan's new prime minister of the year. He has more than a plateful of domestic issues, but he should also realize, as his predecessors forgot, that Japan needs to re-engage the world if it is to find a way out of its depressing economic and political predicaments.

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