With political reform one of the top issues in the Sept. 27 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi proposed a new independent agency to regulate political…
When drafting its annual budget, the Japanese government sets aside ¥1.46 billion ($9.4 million) for general “compensation fees” under the oversight of the Cabinet Secretariat.However, this allocation — widely known…
Japan's parliament on Wednesday enacted a revised law proposed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to reform political funding rules, despite opposition parties' criticism that it fell far short of…
Despite widespread condemnation of political fundraising parties and calls to abolish them, eliminating them has proved difficult.To succeed in Japanese politics, it's long been said that a politician must have…