For Suga and LDP, worries build over Hiroshima poll in election year
A vote-buying scandal that forced the resignation of the previous representative has rocked the local political establishment and sparked voter anger.
Government 'cannot revoke' Fuji broadcast permit for past violation, minister says
Fuji Media's foreign ownership share exceeded the 20% threshold between September 2012 and March 2014, in violation of Japan's broadcasting law.
Japan's communications ministry asks broadcasters to check foreign ownership compliance
The move comes after major broadcaster Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said it may have violated the foreign ownership rule in the past.
Communications ministry scandal puts focus on Japan's Broadcast Act
A decision to strip a unit of Tohokushinsha of its license came after a number of senior officials connected to the ministry were punished for violating the ethics code.
Minister admits dining with NTT president in potential ethics law breach
Communications minister Ryota Takeda said he did attend the dinner, as was reported by a weekly magazine, but that he only drank a few glasses of beer.
Senior bureaucrat close to Suga resigns amid hospitality scandal
Taniwaki, who had been touted as a candidate for vice minister, the top post for bureaucrats at the communications ministry, was found to have violated the ethics code for central government officials.
The firm has become caught up in a wining-and-dining scandal involving officials at the communications ministry.
Virus and scandals weighing on Suga government six months after launch
The prime minister has apparently lost steam after starting out strong with a flurry of implementations of key policies such as the lowering of mobile phone fees.
Japan's ethics code for officials in focus as dining scandal rumbles on
The National Public Service Ethics Code sets clear expectations for ministry life in hope of preventing the kind of conflicts of interest in which Suga's eldest son has been implicated.
Japan to revoke Tohokushinsha broadcasting permit amid scandal
Tohokushinsha applied for the permit based on false information in which the company failed to recognize its violation of the broadcasting law, the communications minister said.
Ex-communications minister Seiko Noda denies she was wined and dined by NTT
A series of revelations, one of which led to the ousting of Yasuhiko Taniwaki as vice minister for policy coordination at the ministry, has dealt a blow to Suga's government.
NTT sets up scandal probe panel led by former Keidanren head
It has been revealed that NTT group executives, such as President Jun Sawada, have dined with high-ranking communications ministry officials.
