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, ...
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 ...
A 64-year-old member of the Gifu Municipal Assembly admitted Thursday to using political funds in an inappropriate manner, including visiting a high-class tempura restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza district. Shinichi Maruyama said he has returned some ¥190,000 in connection with eight "inspection trips" over nine months ...
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. Kyotango, with a population of about 57,000, has adopted a reimbursement system for ...
An Osaka-based nonprofit organization has announced it will create an online group dedicated to letting any member of the public follow politicians’ money trails.
Total spending of state subsidies by 10 of Japan's political parties sank 19.8 percent to about ¥26 billion in 2015, the internal affairs ministry disclosed in a report Friday. The year-on-year drop occurred after spending on election-related expenses plunged 62.3 percent to around ¥3.3 billion. Each ...
The Toyama Municipal Assembly has accepted the resignations of six of its members, including the speaker, over alleged misuse of political funds. Speaker Ryuichi Ichida, 61, from the Liberal Democratic Party, submitted his resignation on Tuesday, admitting falsifying and padding the costs of office equipment ...
A court rules the ex-municipal assemblyman, who was ridiculed for crying at a 2014 news conference, has suffered enough.
Agriculture minister Hiroshi Moriyama admitted Tuesday receiving ¥200,000 in cash last year from the head of an industry body while holding a key position in the Liberal Democratic Party on negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership but before he joined the Cabinet. Moriyama said he has ...
The July 31 election of a new Tokyo governor threatens a much-loved fixture in the city's calendar: the annual Sumida River Fireworks Festival. Yoichi Masuzoe left office Tuesday in an expenses scandal, and city residents will now have to pick a successor. The fireworks are planned ...
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. Masuzoe was expected to wrap up some final paper work at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government ...
