Mr. Nikai's office issued a comment on the night of the 14th regarding the fact that the fund management organization of former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Nikai corrected its income and expenditure report and recorded an expenditure of 34.72 million yen for books.
They said they purchased books that introduced Nikai's policies, and the largest expenditure was 10.45 million yen, with each book costing 2,090 yen, and 5,000 books.
The fund management organization of Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, had earlier revised its political funds balance report to state that there had been an additional 34.72 million yen spent on books in the three years up to the year before yesterday, and on the night of the 14th, Nikai His office issued a comment.
According to the results,
◇ cases where books introducing policies promoted by Mr. Nikai such as national resilience were purchased at the suggestion of publishers, etc.
◇ cases where books introduced by politicians and related parties of the ruling and opposition parties were purchased in bulk. It is assumed that there is.
He also said that he distributed the purchased books to administrative and parliamentary officials outside the constituency, and also released receipts showing the purchase price.
The book that was purchased the most was ``Number 2 Aesthetics: Toshihiro Nikai's True Thoughts,'' which cost 2,090 yen each, and he purchased 5,000 copies, spending 10.45 million yen.
``We deeply apologize for causing mistrust due to this omission, and we will work to prevent it from happening again.''