[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…