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House of Representatives member Yaichi Tanigawa, indicted over slush fund allegations involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, resigned as a lawmaker on Wednesday.
The investigators could give up prosecuting the group due to the difficulty of proving fundraising violations in the case, a report says.
Prosecutors are considering building criminal cases in January against accountants of two factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party over a political fundraising scandal, prior to the start of the ordinary Diet session, sources close to the matter say.
Japanese prosecutors search the Tokyo office of Yoshitaka Ikeda, a House of Representatives lawmaker belonging to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, amid a political fundraising scandal.
Prosecutors search the offices of two ruling Liberal Democratic Party factions, including the largest, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's administration continues to be plagued by a spiraling political funds scandal.