“Abe and Nikai faction members need explanations at the political ethics committee” Ritmin Secretary-General Okada. “If the opposition party changes its mind and believes that it should unite, we would like to respond sympathetically,'' he said.

In response to the issue surrounding the faction's political funding party, the Liberal Democratic Party announced that it conducted a survey of all its members and found no cases that required additional investigation, and the oppositionParty announced the results early this week.