Japan's Kishida eyes replacing all ministers from Abe faction (asia.nikkei.com)
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autotldr@lemmings.world on 10 Dec 2023 23:25 next collapse

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Kishida is likely to gauge the timing of when to change his Cabinet after the end of the ongoing extraordinary parliamentary session on Wednesday, the sources said, while calls are growing that Matsuno should be replaced as soon as possible as he holds twice-daily press conferences during the week.

The scandals came to light following a criminal complaint alleging that five LDP factions, including Kishida’s group, underreported their revenue from political fundraising parties.

In the LDP’s biggest faction, which Abe headed until his assassination during an election campaign speech in July 2022, the extra funds had neither been reported as expenditure nor as payments to lawmakers, with critics saying it was a form of tax evasion.

Matsuno served as the secretary general of the Abe faction, officially known as the Seiwa policy group, between September 2019 and October 2021.

Takagi, LDP policy chief Koichi Hagiuda and Hiroshige Seko, secretary general of the party in the House of Councillors, are also accused of being involved in similar scandals.

On Sunday, Kishida held talks with LDP executives including Hagiuda to discuss how to deal with the latest political fundraising scandals.

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pelespirit@sh.itjust.works on 11 Dec 2023 00:39 collapse

LDP factions have traditionally set their lawmakers quotas for party tickets, usually priced at 20,000 yen. If they surpass their targets, the extra funds are returned to them as a type of commission.

Am I understanding this correctly, but any money collected above around $200 can be kept by the politician as a kind of bribe?