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LDP's Shimomura denies he ordered kickbacks to resume in 2022

Summary by The Japan Times
In a hearing in February, a former chief accountant of a now-defunct faction said 'a faction executive' asked for the kickback system to restart in July 2022.

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LDP's Shimomura denies he ordered kickbacks to resume in 2022

In a hearing in February, a former chief accountant of a now-defunct faction said 'a faction executive' asked for the kickback system to restart in July 2022.

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On May 27, the House of Representatives Budget Committee summoned former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hirofumi Shimomura as a witness. The committee aimed to clarify the truth behind the "undercover funds" scandal in the former Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, where Shimomura served as a senior official. However, at a meeting of senior officials in August 2022, it was revealed that the sales quota fo…

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The Japan Times broke the news in Japan on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.
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