Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito executives exchange opinions on Diet response including establishment of special committee. Liberal Democratic Party says it has no intention of lobbying for the former Chairman of the Political Affairs Research Council, Shimomura, to attend the Political Ethics Review Committee.

The opposition parties are also focusing on clarifying the full scope of the issue first, Motegi said, and indicated that they would consider the matter based on the status of parliamentary deliberations. The meeting took place in the Diet on the 5th.