Japan LDP No. 2 may have tried to hide massive political funds usage

A political organization associated with the secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party transferred a large amount of funds to another group subject to less stringent rules on the disclosure of usage, their balance sheets showed Wednesday.The organization of House of Representatives lawmaker Toshimitsu Motegi, the No. 2 figure after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the LDP, has moved around 440 million yen ($3 million) to the recipient group for 14 years through 2022, according to the balance sheets.The funds transfer has made it impossible to trace how more than 94 percent…READ FULL ARTICLE