A secretary of a Japanese Lower House lawmaker has reportedly told prosecutors about a failure to list income totaling about 40 million yen, or about 290,000 dollars, in a political funds report.

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Sonoura Kentaro's political fund management group had last year corrected its report to include funds worth 2 million yen, or about 14,500 dollars, collected at a fund-raising party in 2019.

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.

NHK has learned that Health Minister Kato Katsunobu will become Chief Cabinet Secretary in the next cabinet.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso Taro will keep his posts. The cabinet will be formed on Wednesday.

A court in western Japan has handed a suspended prison sentence to a secretary of Upper House lawmaker Kawai Anri for paying campaign staff more than the legal limit during Kawai's run for the Diet last year.

Kawai, a member of Japan's main governing Liberal Democratic Party, was elected to the Upper House in July 2019.

Prosecutors in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, are questioning a secretary of Upper House member Anri Kawai on Friday over a suspected violation of the election law.

The prosecutors suspect Kawai paid her campaign staff above the legal limit during her successful run for the Upper House in July last year. They raided her office on Wednesday.