Former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa pleads not guilty to accepting bribes
Yoshikawa is accused of taking money on three occasions, despite knowing the funds came with an expectation of favors over matters such as animal welfare standards in return.
Prosecutors drop case against recipients of ex-minister's bribes
Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped a bribery case against all 100 individuals including local assembly members who allegedly received cash from former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai.
Prosecutors eye summary indictment of Abe aide over dinner parties
Abe, who on Friday promised to cooperate with the investigation "with sincerity," is expected to be questioned by prosecutors soon.
Company donations to ruling party down for first time since 2012
Political donations to the biggest ruling party by companies and industry groups fell last year on a year-on-year basis for the first time since its return to power in 2012, government data showed Friday. But the data released by the internal affairs ministry showed that ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party raised ¥2.46 billion last year from industry groups and large companies, government data showed Friday, the seventh straight year the figure has increased. Industry bodies' contributions in 2018 to the funding body of the ruling party rose 2.7 ...
Japan's trade minister Isshu Sugawara in hot seat for allegedly breaking election law
The report could come as a headache for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has entrusted Sugawara with overseeing trade and industrial policies.
Modi's bulging war chest leaves India election rivals in the dust
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party is flush with cash, giving his Hindu nationalist bloc a massive advantage over the main opposition Congress party as he seeks to win a second term in India's general election. Opaque campaign financing in the world's largest ...
Taro Aso was top fundraiser in Abe Cabinet in 2017, figures show
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso raised ¥258.17 million in political funds in 2017, the highest amount in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a tally of reports submitted by political parties and groups showed Friday. Aso was the only Cabinet member ...
Revenue for Abe's LDP overwhelms other political parties in Japan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party booked ¥25.86 billion ($228 million) in revenue for 2017, by far the largest among Japanese political parties, government data showed Friday. The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, set up in October last year, reported ¥1.25 billion, ...
Kobe assemblyman Hashimoto to resign over expense fraud allegations
A Kobe Municipal Assembly member recently in the spotlight for his reported affair with Eriko Imai says he will resign following allegations he falsified expense claims.
Yosuke Tsuruho, the minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, has returned money paid for tickets to a fundraising party because an individual is suspected of purchasing them under different names, a practice prohibited by law, his office said. On Jan. 11, 2013, ...
Suga, Inada admit to filling out blank expense receipts
Two key members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet have admitted to filling out blank receipts as part of their expense claims, raising questions about their ethics and the efficacy of a political funds control law. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Defense Minister Tomomi ...
