Prime Minister: “Kickbacks: Without knowing whether individual members received kickbacks, we are not encouraging them to pay taxes at this time.”

Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Kishida stated that he is not aware of any cases in which individual members have received kickbacks or other income that was not recorded in the income and expenditure report, and that he is not aware of any cases in which individual members have received kickbacks or other income that was not recorded in the income and expenditure report, and that he is not aware of any cases in which individual members have received kickbacks or other income that was not recorded in the income and expenditure report, and that he is not aware of any cases in which individual members have received kickbacks or other income that was not included in the income and expenditure report. We have repeatedly shown that there is no way to encourage this.

At the House of Councilors Budget Committee on the 6th, Prime Minister Kishida commented on the tax treatment of kickbacks and other income that were not included in the political funds income and expenditure report, saying, ``Political funds belong to political organizations affiliated with politicians.'' The tax implications differ depending on whether the funds belong to the individual politician or the individual politician.The act of a political organization receiving political funds from a faction does not fall under the category of profit-making business under the corporate tax law, and therefore does not result in taxation."

On top of that, when asked to urge relevant members to pay taxes regarding income that had not been recorded, they responded, ``This time, there is no example of an individual member receiving funds expended by a faction in connection with a political funding party.'' They are not aware of it.As we have not confirmed any cases where individuals have been affected, we are not currently considering encouraging them to pay taxes."

Prime Minister Kishida also commented on his own political funding party, which was scheduled to be held last year but was postponed, saying, ``I have clearly stated that I will not hold a political funding party while I am prime minister. We are currently considering the matter," he said.

Furthermore, when asked about the LDP's response to the omission of income and expenditure reports regarding local organizations, Prime Minister Kishida said, ``I would like to respond carefully so as not to arouse suspicion from the people.I will scrutinize the contents of income and expenditure reports as necessary. "I would like to once again disseminate the contents of last year's instructions, which called for appropriate responses."

In addition, it was pointed out that the 2018 income and expenditure report of a political organization represented by former Expo Minister Inoue of the Liberal Democratic Party's Aso faction did not include donations from the faction, and Prime Minister Kishida said, The lawmaker himself explained, ``We have learned that the person in charge had changed and was not accustomed to administrative work, and that the donation had been recorded in the income and expenditure report as a donation from an individual.''We will respond appropriately.'' .

On the other hand, regarding the US military's suspension of flights of Osprey transport planes following the crash off the coast of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Prime Minister Kishida said, ``We have not received any reports at this time regarding plans to resume flights. It is natural for us to ask them to share convincing information."