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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.
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.
Prosecutors may start searching locations related to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest political group in the coming days, following its embroilment in a fundraising scandal, a source familiar with the matter say..
The political fundraising scandal surrounding the Japanese ruling party's biggest faction might signal an early end to the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is already under pressure over his relationship with a controversial religious group.