Japan's Diet will debate a bill on Tuesday that could help people who have been exploited by the former Unification Church. It is meant to regulate efforts to solicit donations for religious groups.

The main ruling Liberal Democratic Party presented a revised draft of the bill after two opposition parties called for a more effective one. They want authorities to prevent religious corporations from collecting donations against people's will.

A Japanese court has refused a claim by a city in western Japan that the national government should review its decision to exclude the city from the so-called hometown tax donation system.

The Osaka High Court dismissed on Thursday a suit filed by Izumisano City in Osaka Prefecture against the internal affairs ministry.

A ruling party lawmaker has admitted to receiving a donation of 1 million yen ($9,200) from an executive of a Sapporo tourism company that has been linked with a suspected bribe-offering Chinese company.

However, Toshimitsu Funahashi, a 59-year-old Lower House member of the Liberal Democratic Party, denied accepting any money from the Chinese company, 500.com.