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LDP reels in DPP to win political donation war against CDP

Japan Times 04 Apr 2025
Partnering with the DPP gave the LDP much-needed momentum against the CDP this week, not to mention the votes to pass legislation ... .
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Ishiba to face more political headaches with return of scandal-hit LDP members

Japan Times 03 Apr 2025
For an already-unpopular administration, the return of party members implicated in a slush funds scandal will create further political headaches ... .
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LDP keeps same-sex marriage discussion on the back-burner

Asahi News 03 Apr 2025
The chairman of the committee was Keiji Furuya, a veteran member of the conservative faction of the LDP ... That year, the LDP outlined a bill to promote LGBT understanding ... However, the debate on same-sex marriage remains shelved within the LDP.
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As gift voucher scandal plagues PM Ishiba, Japan’s ruling LDP faces reckoning

Straits Times 29 Mar 2025
Mr Ishiba is taking heat over revelations that he had handed out gift certificates to rookie lawmakers ....
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Opposition urges LDP to reinvestigate ties with Unification Church

Japan Times 27 Mar 2025
The move comes following a court order to strip the group of its religious corporation status ... .
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VOX POPULI: Disbanding of Unification Church does not erase LDP’s sins

Asahi News 27 Mar 2025
While preaching traditional family values, did the LDP not join hands with the church that was ruining many families with its psychic scams and other dirty tricks? ... If the LDP remains as is, it may well receive the same branding from the public.
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ZTZ increases LDP shipments to Gazprom in February

Kallanish Commodities 25 Mar 2025
Russia's Zagorsk Pipe Works (ZTZ) has increased large-diameter pipe (LDP) shipments to the domestic market, according ....
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LDP faces headwinds in Tokyo assembly election

Japan Times 25 Mar 2025
Political funds scandals affecting the party at both the national level and in the assembly could cost it votes ... .
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LDP lawmakers elected in 2012 handed coupons from Shinzo Abe

Asahi News 22 Mar 2025
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba presented gift certificates worth 100,000 yen ($670) to 15 first-time LDP lawmakers prior to a dinner with them at his official residence on March 3 ... He only said the LDP will make an appropriate judgment.
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Another LDP lawmaker gives credence to Japan PM gift-giving custom

Kyodo 22 Mar 2025
It also came as a new blow to the LDP, which has been struggling to restore public trust eroded by a separate slush funds scandal ... Ishiba attended one of those meetings, held in March, as then secretary general of the LDP.
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EDITORIAL: LDP seemingly doled out gift vouchers as a common practice

Asahi News 21 Mar 2025
It appears to have been customary for successive Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) governments to distribute expensive gift certificates as "souvenirs" during dinner gatherings hosted by the prime minister with other party members.
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Kishida among several ex-PMs who gave gift vouchers to LDP lawmakers

Japan Times 20 Mar 2025
The revelation emerges as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba comes under fire for distributing gift certificates worth �100,000 ($674) each to rookie LDP lawmakers ... .
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DC reviews progress on LDP

The News International 19 Mar 2025
Deputy Commissioner Lahore Syed Musa Raza chairs a meeting regarding the development projects under the Lahore Development Programme (LDP) at his office on January 26, 2025.
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DC reviews LDP progress

Urdu Point 19 Mar 2025
<p>LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Mar, 2025) Deputy Commissioner(DC) Syed Musa Raza on Wednesday chaired a meeting at his office,reviewed the progress on Lahore Development Plan.
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Ishiba’s gift scandal sparks ‘volcanic’ public outrage, plunging Japan’s LDP into crisis

South China Morning Post 18 Mar 2025
The scandal has raised concerns about political ethics ahead of a crucial election, with analysts noting it reflects increasing public anger towards Japan’s ruling LDP ... .
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