The arrest of Lower House member Yoshitaka Ikeda was an “emergency measure” to prevent the lawmaker from further destroying evidence in a funding scandal that has rocked the Japanese political world, investigative sources said.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged an additional 20.7 billion yen ($141 million) to help the fishing industry cope with China’s blanket ban on Japanese seafood imports, but the plan was immediately met with skepticism.
The Supreme Court on Dec. 12 ruled that it is illegal for guaranty companies to terminate tenants’ rental contracts or assume they have vacated the properties if they fall behind in their payments.