Japan Press Weekly

Opposition parties set up taskforce team to reinvestigate ‘Moritomo’ scandal

The Japanese Communist Party and other opposition parties held a press conference in the Diet building to announce that they have set up a taskforce team to reinvestigate the “Moritomo” scandal.

Koike demands reinvestigation of the ‘Moritomo’ scandal

Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira at a House of Councilors Budget Committee meeting requested a reinvestigation of the Moritomo issue and the summoning of Sagawa, PM Abe’s wife Akie, and other key persons.

Abe gov’t sued for suicide of ex-Finance Ministry official who was forced to falsify ‘Moritomo’-related documents

The wife of an ex-Finance Ministry official who killed himself amid the scandal over the doctoring of “Moritomo”-related documents filed a damage lawsuit against the state and former chief of the ministry’s Financial Bureau, Sagawa Nobuhisa.

Abe gov’t sued for suicide of ex-Finance Ministry official who was forced to falsify ‘Moritomo’-related documents

Koike demands reinvestigation of the ‘Moritomo’ scandal

Opposition parties set up taskforce team to reinvestigate ‘Moritomo’ scandal

Abe reluctant to take measures to relieve performing artists’ economic distress due to corona crisis

Abe gov’t seeks to promote use of elderly workers without legal protection

Non-regular employment rate is too high in Health Ministry to combat infectious diseases

Zenroren publishes urgent proposal in regard to gov’t anti-corona efforts

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