In the issue of political funding parties in the LDP faction, the largest faction, the Abe faction, the Seiwa Policy Study Group, is believed to have dozens of members who have received kickbacks, according to interviews with people involved. It is suspected that the political organization on the parliamentary side does not list the kicked funds as income in the political fund balance report, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Special Investigation Department seems to be investigating the flow of funds.
Regarding the political fund party of the LDP faction, it has been revealed that the largest faction, the Abe faction "Seiwa Policy Study Group", kicked back the income collected by its members in excess of the party ticket sales quota to the lawmakers, and did not include it as the party's income and expenditures to the lawmakers in the faction's political fund balance report.
The total amount of funds kicked back to lawmakers belonging to the Abe faction is estimated to be hundreds of millions of yen over the five years up to last year, but it is estimated that dozens of lawmakers belonging to the Abe faction who have received kickbacks are estimated to be in the tens of years.
And it is suspected that several of these lawmakers have received kickbacks of more than 5 million yen each in the five years up to last year.
According to the person concerned, the Abe faction managed the income of party tickets in a dedicated account, etc., and there is a discrepancy between the amount deposited into the account and the total amount of party income actually stated in the Abe faction's political fund balance report.
It is believed that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Special Investigation Department is aware of this background and is voluntarily listening to the situation from the person in charge of the faction, and is investigating the flow of funds and the background to the preparation of the income and expenditure report.