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Eight serving vice ministers and former senior government members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party acknowledged they were asked to sign “policy pacts” by organizations affiliated with the Unification Church in exchange for support in elections.
Masaki Ogushi, the Cabinet Office vice minister responsible for consumer affairs, acknowledged signing a “policy pact” with an organization affiliated with the Unification Church but denied receiving any election support from the group.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Oct. 24 said he wants to hold talks with Unification Church victims but repeated that a further investigation into the religious group’s ties to ruling party lawmakers was unnecessary.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Oct. 20 stopped short of promising a Liberal Democratic Party investigation into members who signed pre-election “policy pacts” with groups affiliated with the Unification Church.
Two affiliated groups of the Unification Church sought to persuade ruling Liberal Democratic Party members to agree on policies they wished to promote in exchange for political endorsement in past elections, lawmakers said. Hideyuki Teshigawara, who heads the Unification Church's reform promotion headquarters, admitted that one of its affiliated groups,…
Close to half of lawmakers belonging to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party were found to have had dealings with the Unification Church or its affiliated organizations, an unsettling finding in light of the July 8 slaying of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.