JCP EC Chair Tamura said that PM Ishiba in his policy speech said nothing about key issues concerning political reform: digging out the truth behind the LDP’s slush-fund scandal and banning corporate and organizational donations to political parties.
The Japanese Communist Party submitted two bills to the House of Councilors to impose a total ban on political donations from corporations and interest organizations and abolish the Political Party Subsidies Act.
The JCP refuses to accept corporate and organizational donations as well as the government subsidy to political parties. The party finances itself with revenues from party dues, subscription fees for its newspaper Akahata, and individual donations.
Read more
Shiokawa: Cornerstone of political reform is implementing total ban on political donations from businesses and interest groups
Japan, ICC’s largest donor, should cooperate in enforcing arrest warrants for war crimes by Hamas and Israel
Territorial Issues
