LDP factions financially struggling without donations from party

Factions within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party have been financially struggling since the LDP stopped offering donations to them in 2010, their balance reports showed, apparently prodding them to rely on fundraising events to procure money.As the LDP, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, has decided to ban its intraparty groups from holding fundraising parties as part of efforts to reform its faction-oriented politics, their financial situations are set to deteriorate further, political experts said.The ruling party has come under intense scrutiny amid allegations that some of its fact…READ FULL ARTICLE