Following a fund-raising scandal that engulfed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the Lower House started deliberations on May 22 on five bills to revise the Political Fund Control Law.
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More than half of voters want an administration free of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, but few see a suitable replacement among the current batch of opposition parties, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.
Police on May 17 arrested leaders of political organization Tsubasa no To over unruly and obnoxious behavior that hindered the campaigns of rival candidates in the Lower House by-election in Tokyo in April.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to submit a bill to revise the Political Fund Control Law on its own after its junior coalition partner refused to accept its lenient proposals, sources said.
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