Liberal Democratic Party Nikai spent 34.72 million yen on books, including 5,000 books introducing his policies. The book that was purchased the most was ``Number 2 Aesthetics: Toshihiro Nikai's True Thoughts,'' which cost 2,090 yen each.

The largest expenditure was 10.45 million yen, with each book costing 2,000 yen. Nikai His office issued a comment. ``We deeply apologize for causing mistrust due to this omission, and we will work to prevent it from happening again.''