Overview
- Three rival bills to revise corporate and organizational donations entered substantive questioning in the House Political Reform Special Committee on December 9, but party positions remained far apart.
- LDP lawmaker Taku Nemoto objected to limiting recipients to party headquarters, CDP’s Shu Sakurai dismissed making a third‑party review body statutory, Ishin’s Hitoshi Aoyagi reiterated support for abolishing donations, and KokuMin’s Yosuke Mori questioned the feasibility of mandatory online filings for all party branches.
- The ruling coalition’s bill to reduce House of Representatives seats is stuck before formal deliberation as the LDP prioritizes budget passage and Ishin shows growing frustration.
- On December 10, LDP Diet affairs chief Kajiyama and Ishin counterpart Endo agreed to intensify outreach to opposition parties to push the seat‑cut bill into early debate.
- Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki decided to state in the prefectural assembly this afternoon his intention to consent to restarting Tomari Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3, framing safety as the decisive precondition and notifying ruling assembly groups.