Regarding the "Family Federation for World Peace and Unification" (Family Federation for World Peace and Unification) = the former Unification Church, there are voices within the LDP pointing out the need to investigate the lawmakers who belong to it, saying that "it is necessary to put an end to it in order to avoid damage to the government." is also starting to appear.
The party executives will continue to carefully explain that there is no organizational relationship with the church.
Regarding the relationship with the former Unification Church, ministers and executives of the ruling and opposition parties have said that they have attended events of related organizations.
On the 3rd, regarding the name change of the former Unification Church in 2015, former Liberal Democratic Party political affairs research chair Shimomura, who was Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology at the time, once again denied involvement, and received a donation of 60,000 yen from related organizations the following year. made it clear that
Some within the Liberal Democratic Party have begun to point out the need to conduct their own investigations into their own lawmakers, saying, ``We need to set a deadline to avoid damage to the administration.''
Prime Minister Kishida said, "There is a high level of public interest, so it is important to give a careful explanation." The idea is to get
On the other hand, on the opposition party side, the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Japan Restoration Party have conducted their own investigations within the party and have announced the names of lawmakers who have been found to be involved, and the Communist Party has said that it has "no involvement."
Opposition parties are increasingly criticizing the Liberal Democratic Party, saying, ``The LDP has an overwhelming number of lawmakers who are related to the church, and the whole picture should be clarified.'' I'm ready to continue.