Overview
- The draft would restrict corporate and organizational donations to party-designated branches and require online submission of political funds reports, according to reporting based on party sources.
- The Liberal Democratic Party will open formal discussions at its Political System Reform Headquarters on November 25 under chair Katsunobu Kato.
- The approach keeps corporate and organizational donations in place, leaving uncertainty over backing from Nippon Ishin, which has called for abolition.
- The counterproposal responds to stricter amendments submitted by the Democratic Party for the People and Komeito that seek tighter controls on recipients.
- The LDP is also weighing a separate expert panel to review political funding and aims to reach conclusions during Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s leadership term.