Koichi Hagiuda, an LDP executive who is running in the Tokyo No. 24 constituency, is seeking to fully re-emerge from the party's high-profile slush fund scandal with an election victory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/japan/politics/lower-house-election-tokyo-koichi-hagiuda/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2026lowerhouseelection #koichihagiuda #ldp #politicalfunds #tokyo #komeito #hachioji
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is suspected of concealing the Unification Church's purchases of tickets for her fundraising parties, a weekly magazine reported Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/politics/shukan-bunshun-sanae-takaichi-unification-church/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #unificationchurch #politicalfunds #shukanbunshun
The government revised its ministerial code Tuesday, urging Cabinet ministers, state ministers and parliamentary vice ministers to refrain from holding political fundraising events while in office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/21/japan/politics/political-appointees-fundraising-events/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cabinet #diet #2026lowerhouseelection #politicalfunds
The Liberal Democratic Party will lift an election penalty on members involved in the party’s slush fund scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/japan/politics/ldp-slush-fund-scandal-penalty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #2026lowerhouseelection #politicalfunds
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering revising Japan’s ministerial code of conduct due to its lack of concrete standards to stop ministers from holding large fundraising parties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/japan/politics/ministers-fundraising-rule-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #politicalfunds #satsukikatayama
Japan's ruling and opposition parties remained at odds during parliamentary deliberations on three bills related to reforming political donations from companies and other organizations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/japan/politics/political-donation-reform-bills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #politicalfunds #ldp #cdp #dpp #komeito #nipponishinnokai
The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito on Friday drew a curtain on their 26-year alliance, a relationship that was marked by twists and turns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/japan/politics/komeito-ldp-coalition-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #komeito #politicalfunds #history #diet
Momentum for political reform in Japan, sparked by the slush fund scandal involving fundraising events of ruling Liberal Democratic Party factions, has waned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/politics/political-reform-wane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #politicalfunds #dpp #nipponishinnokai
Former lawmaker Yasutada Ono pleaded not guilty Wednesday over a high-profile political funds scandal involving factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/crime-legal/ldp-funds-scandal-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #politicalfunds #ldp
A Tokyo court on Friday fined a policy secretary of LDP lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda for violating the political funds control law, amid fallout from a ruling party scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/koichi-hagiuda-secretary-fined/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politicalfunds #ldp#koichihagiuda #japanesecourts
After months of back-and-forth, the ruling camp is expected to hold discussions with the CDP and DPP over the issue of political donations by companies and organizations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/politics/ruling-parties-to-discuss-corporate-donations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #politicalfunds#upperhouse#lowerhouse #ldp #komeito #cdp #dpp
Tokyo prosecutors are considering issuing a summary indictment of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda's policy secretary for violating the political funds control law over the LDP's slush fund scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/japan/crime-legal/hagiuda-secretary-summary-indictment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #politicalfunds #ldp