US EditionJapan PM Takaichi under pressure over gifts to MPs after landslide polls victory
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi distributed gift catalogues valued at about 30,000 yen each to 315 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers using party branch political funds.
- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gave lawmakers from her ruling Liberal Democratic Party gift catalogues to choose items worth around 30,000 yen each after the LDP's election victory.
- The revelation evokes a past slush-fund scandal that ousted a previous prime minister and hurt the ruling coalition's majority.
- Takaichi said the gifts were paid for by political funds from a party branch she heads, which is permitted under Japan's political funding law.
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi came under pressure on Wednesday after it emerged she had handed out congratulatory gift catalogues to lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) following its landslide election victory this month.
Japan’s Takaichi Lets LDP Lawmakers Choose Gifts for Election Success; Opposition Criticizes Move
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent catalogs to Liberal Democratic Party members who won seats in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election, from which they could chose gifts to celebrate their victory, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
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AlKhaleej TodayJapan PM Takaichi under fire for handing out pricey gift catalogues to ruling party lawmakers
TOKYO, Feb 25 — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was under pressure Wednesday after it emerged she gave congratulatory gift catalogues to lawmakers from her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) following its landslide election victory this month.More than 300 lawmakers were given the option to choose an item from the catalogue “as an expression of appreciation for their success at this very tough election”, Takaichi wrote in a post on X, …
Channel News Asia
Japan PM Takaichi under pressure over gifts to MPs
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was under pressure on Feb 25 after it emerged she gave congratulatory gift catalogues to lawmakers from her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) following its landslide election victory in February.
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