The Japanese parliament refused to pass a vote of no confidence in Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno; The majority of MPs who were members of Matsuno’s party voted against it. This was reported by RIA News.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno is suspected of bribery – the official is believed to have embezzled around 10 million yen in proceeds from political fundraising by violating reporting rules.
A special unit of the Tokyo Prosecutor’s Office is currently investigating the concealment of funds received by sections of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from meetings held by its politicians to raise money for the party. Matsuno belongs to this party, and it also belonged to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who left the LDP after a kickback scandal.
Before that, the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan intend The draft vote of no confidence in the government led by Fumio Kishida was presented to parliament on Tuesday.
Earlier Kishida had made a decision to change Due to the commission scandal, many influential politicians, as well as the country’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Yasutoshi Nishimura, were detained.