House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting delayed; ruling and opposition parties continue to discuss political funding issue. The Diet was scheduled to begin substantive deliberations on the new fiscal year's budget bill from 9 a.m.
on the 5th, with Prime Minister Kishida and all cabinet members in attendance. The opening of the committee has been delayed due to ongoing negotiations between the ruling andOpposition parties regarding the issue. In response to the issue surrounding the faction's political funding party, last week the Liberal Democratic Party sent to the opposition party a document listing the political groups.