{"id":4941,"date":"2025-08-15T14:57:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/secretary-of-ldps-hagiuda-fined-over-funds-scandal\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:57:23","slug":"secretary-of-ldps-hagiuda-fined-over-funds-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/secretary-of-ldps-hagiuda-fined-over-funds-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of LDP’s Hagiuda fined over funds scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Tokyo Summary Court on Friday fined a policy secretary of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda for violating the political funds control law, amid fallout from the ruling party’s political funds scandal.<\/p>\n

The 46-year-old secretary, Toshifumi Ushikubo, was ordered to pay ¥300,000.<\/p>\n

The court order came after the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office filed a summary indictment against Ushikubo earlier in the day. The prosecutors had decided not to indict Ushikubo last December, but a prosecution inquest panel determined in June that he should be indicted.<\/p>\n

According to the summary indictment, Ushikubo failed to report a total of ¥19.52 million between 2020 and 2022. The money was transferred from the LDP’s largest faction, once led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The faction disbanded after the scandal.<\/p>\n

In a post on X on Friday afternoon, Hagiuda apologized and said he takes the court decision seriously. He added that he had accepted the secretary’s resignation.<\/p>\n

Hagiuda himself faced a criminal complaint, but prosecutors decided not to indict the lawmaker and the inquest panel backed the decision.<\/p>\n

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Accounting officials of the Abe faction and a faction led by former Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai have also received suspended sentences amid the scandal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Secretary of LDP’s Hagiuda fined over funds scandal<\/div>\n

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The Tokyo Summary Court on Friday fined a policy secretary of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda for violating the political funds control law, amid fallout from the ruling party’s political funds scandal. The 46-year-old secretary, Toshifumi Ushikubo, was ordered to pay ¥300,000. The court order came after the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office filed…<\/p>\n

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