JIP co-leader Fumitake Fujita to stop using secretary’s firm

Government

Fumitake Fujita, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party (JIP), has said he would stop placing orders with his secretary’s company following a report of dubious spending. Making the announcement in a YouTube video Sunday, Fujita also said he would provide further details at a news conference on Tuesday. The JIP, also known as Nippon Ishin no Kai, is the partner of the Liberal Democratic Party in the ruling coalition. The Sunday edition of the Japanese Communist Party’s official newspaper

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