[HIGHLIGHTS] Liberal Democratic Party releases hearing results, opposition parties criticize “Relevant members should be appointed to the Political Ethics Committee”

Liberal Democratic Party releases hearing results, opposition parties criticize “Relevant members should be appointed to the Political Ethics Committee”. The report confirms that 85 people, including current members of the Abe and Nikai factions, received refunds, etc., in which the faction's party ticket income was returned to the members, totaling 579.49 million yen for the five years up to the year 2017.

32 people were aware of the existence of refunds, and 11 of them were aware that they were not included in the income and expenditure report. There is also a proposal to target all members of parliament.