Japan's parliament approved Tuesday a series of legislative changes aimed at restoring voter trust through abolishing "policy activity funds" that can be spent without disclosure and setting up a third-party oversight entity to monitor fund reporting.The passage of the bills through the House of Councillors came on the final day of an extraordinary Diet session that was extended by three days to allow for extra deliberations. It marked the first Diet debate since Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito party, transitioned to a m…READ FULL ARTICLE
