In an alleged political funds control law violation involving a secretary to former Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo, Tokyo prosecutors have brought a summary indictment against the aide Haikawa Hiroyuki.
He is accused of misreporting incoming and outgoing sums totaling about 290,000 dollars connected to parties for Abe supporters.
Tokyo prosecutors have brought a summary indictment against a secretary to former prime minister Abe Shinzo over violations of the political funds law involving the politician's support group.
Haikawa Hiroyuki is accused of misreporting incoming and outgoing sums totaling about 30 million yen, or some 290,000 dollars, connected to dinner parties for Abe supporters. The gatherings were held on the eve of government-funded cherry blossom viewing events between 2016 and 2019, while Abe was in office.
Tokyo prosecutors have brought a summary indictment against a secretary of former prime minister Abe Shinzo over alleged political funding violations involving his support group.
The secretary is accused of failing to report about 30 million yen, or about 290,000 dollars, for dinner parties on the eve of government-funded cherry blossom viewing events while Abe was in office.
Tokyo prosecutors are expected to bring a summary indictment soon against a secretary of former prime minister Abe Shinzo over alleged political funding violations involving his support group.
It has been revealed that Abe's office had covered part of the cost of dinner parties for his supporters at Tokyo hotels. They were held on the eve of government-funded cherry blossom viewing events while Abe was in office.
Former Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo's political support group did not mention the cost of a dinner party it organized in its political fund report for last year.
The report was released on Friday. It has no record of the transactions concerning the party held in April 2019.
NHK has learned that staff at the office of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo had disposed of receipts from hotels where annual parties were held for his supporters.
Each party was held on the eve of Abe's annual cherry blossom viewing event.
NHK has learned that hotels in Tokyo where supporters of former prime minister Abe Shinzo attended parties issued receipts annually to a fund management group that he headed.
Abe's supporters gathered for the parties on the eve of his annual cherry blossom viewing events.
NHK has learned from multiple sources that receipts from two hotels in Tokyo where former prime minister Abe Shinzo's support group held annual parties show that his office shouldered part of the costs.
The group held the parties from 2013 to 2019 on the nights before Abe's annual cherry blossom viewing events. Supporters each paid about 48 dollars to attend.
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The official made the comment to NHK on Friday following Abe's announcement that he intends to step down.
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The LDP is expected to officially decide at a General Council meeting next Tuesday on when and how it will hold the vote for party leader.
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Abe first became prime minister in 2006 at age 52 -- the youngest in postwar Japan. But he left office after about one year as he began to suffer severe symptoms.