Political funding issue: ruling and opposition parties arrange to establish special committee for political reform within the week. Last week, the LDP's party discipline committee decided to punish 39 members of the Abe and Nikai factions over this issue.
The Liberal Democratic Party plans to use the punishment as a break in the process of considering revisions to the Political Funds Control Act, and hopes to have a working team quickly put together a concrete plan and coordinate with the New Komeito Party. On the other hand, Representative Izumi of the Constitutional Democratic Party said, "I want to put pressure on the Liberal Democratic party as an opposition party"