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Japan parliament ethics panel on funds scandal

Former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo on March 1, 2024, held to examine a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which he belongs.

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Japan parliament ethics panel on funds scandal

Former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno (facing camera) attends a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo on March 1, 2024, held to examine a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which he belongs.

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Japan parliament ethics panel on funds scandal

Former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno speaks at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo on March 1, 2024, held to examine a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which he belongs.

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Japan parliament ethics panel on funds scandal

Former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno speaks at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo on March 1, 2024, held to examine a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which he belongs.

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Japan parliament ethics panel on funds scandal

Former Japanese trade minister Yasutoshi Nishimura speaks at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo on March 1, 2024, held to examine a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which he belongs.

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Japan parliament ethics panel on funds scandal

Former Japanese trade minister Yasutoshi Nishimura speaks at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo on March 1, 2024, held to examine a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which he belongs.

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Japan parliament ethics panel on funds scandal

Former Japanese trade minister Yasutoshi Nishimura speaks at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo on March 1, 2024, held to examine a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which he belongs.

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PM Kishida at political ethics panel session

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks on Feb. 29, 2024, at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo, held for the first time since July 2009 to examine a political funds scandal involving his Liberal Democratic Party. (Pool photo)

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PM Kishida at political ethics panel session

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks on Feb. 29, 2024, at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo, held for the first time since July 2009 to examine a political funds scandal involving his Liberal Democratic Party. (Pool photo)

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PM Kishida at political ethics panel session

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks on Feb. 29, 2024, at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo, held for the first time since July 2009 to examine a political funds scandal involving his Liberal Democratic Party. (Pool photo)

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Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 12 Kyodo - Japan's education and culture minister Masahito Moriyama attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after revealing his ministry's decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status. (Kyodo)

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Deliberative opinion poll on energy policy

TOKYO, Japan - A general meeting for a deliberative opinion poll on the future of Japan's energy policy is held in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2012, to wrap up the two-day event.

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Deliberative opinion poll on energy policy

TOKYO, Japan - Participants exchange opinions in a group discussion of a deliberative opinion poll on the future of Japan's energy policy in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2012, when the two-day event finished.

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Hashimoto admits to Diet panel receiving undeclared donation

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto leaves a room in the Diet building after attending hearing at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on Nov. 30. Hashimoto admitted that the political faction he headed at the time received a 100 million yen donation in 2001 from a dentists' lobby.

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Hashimoto to explain money scandal to Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (file photo) voices willingness Oct. 12 to attend the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics to discuss a money scandal involving a political faction he led.

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (standing) speaks at the lower house's Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on May 21 about his links to a gangster who paidd the salaries of his aides. (Pool photo)

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster, refuses to quit

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami, surrounded by security guards, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on May 21 after attending the lower house's Deliberative Council oon Political Ethics.

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Matsunami asks for opening ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (R) hands a statement to Genichiro Sata, director of the lower house Committee on Rules and Administration in Tokyo on April 21, requesting a meeting of the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics so that he can explain his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaries. (Pool photo)

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Former Foreign Minister Tanaka quits as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka tendered her resignation as a House of Representatives member Aug. 9 after a spate of feuds and money scandals that have dogged her since last year. Photo was taken July 24 at a meeting of the lower house Deliberative Council on Political Ethics.

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(2)Tanaka testifies in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka leaves the room of the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics after testifying on allegations she misused state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries in 1998. Standing behind her is Seisuke Okuno, chairman of the council.

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(2)Tanaka denies misusing aides' pay in Diet testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, surrounded by Diet security guards, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on July 24 after testifying at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics about her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries. Tanaka denied the allegation.

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(1)Tanaka denies misusing aides' pay in Diet testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics in Tokyo on July 24 about her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries. Tanaka categorically denied the allegation. (Pool Photo)

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Lawyers to submit petitions for judicial reforms

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers load petitions calling for reform of Japan's judicial system onto a truck Oct. 11 to send them to a government deliberative council on judicial reforms. The Japan Federation of Bar Associations said that the petitions signed by some 1.39 million people, bring the signatures to 2.59 million, as petitions with 1.2 signatures were submitted in August.

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Hashimoto to explain money scandal to Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (file photo) voices willingness Oct. 12 to attend the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics to discuss a money scandal involving a political faction he led. (Kyodo)

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Hashimoto admits to Diet panel receiving undeclared donation

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto leaves a room in the Diet building after attending hearing at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on Nov. 30. Hashimoto admitted that the political faction he headed at the time received a 100 million yen donation in 2001 from a dentists' lobby. (Kyodo)

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(1)Tanaka denies misusing aides' pay in Diet testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics in Tokyo on July 24 about her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries. Tanaka categorically denied the allegation. (Pool Photo)

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (standing) speaks at the lower house's Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on May 21 about his links to a gangster who paidd the salaries of his aides. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster, refuses to quit

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami, surrounded by security guards, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on May 21 after attending the lower house's Deliberative Council oon Political Ethics. (Kyodo)

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Matsunami asks for opening ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (R) hands a statement to Genichiro Sata, director of the lower house Committee on Rules and Administration in Tokyo on April 21, requesting a meeting of the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics so that he can explain his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaries. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Former Foreign Minister Tanaka quits as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka tendered her resignation as a House of Representatives member Aug. 9 after a spate of feuds and money scandals that have dogged her since last year. Photo was taken July 24 at a meeting of the lower house Deliberative Council on Political Ethics. (Kyodo)

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Lawyers to submit petitions for judicial reforms

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers load petitions calling for reform of Japan's judicial system onto a truck Oct. 11 to send them to a government deliberative council on judicial reforms. The Japan Federation of Bar Associations said that the petitions signed by some 1.39 million people, bring the signatures to 2.59 million, as petitions with 1.2 signatures were submitted in August.